Adjustment of wheel bearings.
After 5,000 km be sure to check
the condition and adjustment of the bearings. In adjusting adhere
to the following sequence:
Remove the wheel from the motorcycle. Fit the rear wheel
axle (less the protective hood), tighten it by nut with the aid
of a bushing, 100 mm long, with 21 mm bore and 25 - 30
mm O. D. or a set of bushings of the given size. Determine
whether there is play by turning the axle (but not the wheel
on the axle) and rocking it. Slacken off the locknut. Screw
the seal nut up to the limit, then loosen it by 1/6 - 1/8 of the
revolution so that the axle-bushing system revolves without
play, easily, without jamming. Draw up the locknut safely
without disturbing the adjustment of the bearings. Pull the
axle out. Reinstall the wheel on the motorcycle.
Removing wheels.
To remove the front wheel, set the motorcycle
on its stand, lift it by the front wheel and put a rest under the front
portion of the motorcycle frame. (You may want to purchase a
scissor jack or bottle jack to carry along in the sidecar storage
compartment. This will make it easier to change any of the three
wheels on the rig.) Turn home the adjusting screw of the front
brake cable and install it so that the screw slot falls onto that of the
bracket head. Pull the brake lever up, take the cable enclosure
end out of the notch in the adjusting screw and extract the cable
through the slots of the screw and the bracket. Bring the hand
brake cable end out of the hole in the brake lever making the
cable match the lever slot. Slacken the nut of the union bolt at the
end-piece base of the fork left-hand leg. Screw out the axle turning
it clockwise (left-hand thread) and remove the wheel together with
the front brake.
To reinstall the front wheel on the motorcycle follow the reverse
order of the above operations seeing to it that the torque stop on
the brake cover encompasses the right-hand leg of the fork.
Before final tightening of the axle bolt shake the motorcycle front
several times to allow the forks to align themselves.
To remove the rear wheel of the motorcycle, lift the center stand
onto an 8" long piece of 1" x 4" wood or equivalent, undo the rear
wheel axle nut and take it off together with the washer, slacken off
the nut on the union bolt of the left-hand leg of the swinging arm,
extract the rear wheel axle with the help of a wrench bar and
remove the wheel. If the rear wheel is flat, it is easier to first run
the rear wheel onto a piece of 2" x 4" wood before lifting the
motorcycle on the center stand on top of another piece of 2" x 4".
To reinstall the wheel on the motorcycle follow the reverse order of
operations. Prior to reassembling, wipe the axle and grease it.
Fitting the rear axle, turn it as you push it in to avoid jamming.
Before tightening the axle bolt, bounce the rear portion of the
motorcycle several times.
To remove the spare wheel, use the wrench from the tool kit that
