Post by coloradotrailrider on May 11, 2008 7:40:09 GMT -5
Hi everyone, here is some info I got from another site on aligning your rear sprocket with the front sprocket.
Pull off the outboard nut cotter pin first. Then pull off the wheel and hub as a unit. Then the two big nuts to the right of the brake disc. One is a jam nut and both are loc tighted so just take a big cressent and whack it with a rubber mallet, or big hammer, Once you get the loc tight to loosen they will back off feeling tight but that is the residual loctight. By the way you need the scoot up off the ground for thall this. You can use the disc brake to hold the axle while tightening or loosening the nuts, but I just put my foot under the left tire to hold the axle. Once the big axle nuts are off the end of the shaft just tap the axle to the left and it will slide out of the center carrier. The brake and sprocket hub are slide ons with splines to hold them from turning. No difficulty to slide them off. I actually took off the two bolts hoding the brake caliper and swung it out of the way. It is easier to put the axle back in by sliding on the sprocket hub then tapping the axle through then sliding on the brake disc and it;s hub. There is a center spacer inside the carrier but it will recenter as you wiggler the axle to slide it back through. When the axle is out slide off the sprocket hub and simply remove the bolts, put the sprocket in a vise to hold it if you have one. Anyway just move the sprocket to the opposite side of the hub and replace the bolts going the opposite direction. It will look like you might have clearance problems with the bolt heads being on the opposite side but there is plenty of room. Use loctight on all the nuts and bolts as you replace them.
As far as the axle carabbing afterward you will find that if you put the extra nuts onto the adjusters you can align the axle almost perfectly with the front end. It might still be a little off center, but it can be aligned to fly staight down the road
Pull off the outboard nut cotter pin first. Then pull off the wheel and hub as a unit. Then the two big nuts to the right of the brake disc. One is a jam nut and both are loc tighted so just take a big cressent and whack it with a rubber mallet, or big hammer, Once you get the loc tight to loosen they will back off feeling tight but that is the residual loctight. By the way you need the scoot up off the ground for thall this. You can use the disc brake to hold the axle while tightening or loosening the nuts, but I just put my foot under the left tire to hold the axle. Once the big axle nuts are off the end of the shaft just tap the axle to the left and it will slide out of the center carrier. The brake and sprocket hub are slide ons with splines to hold them from turning. No difficulty to slide them off. I actually took off the two bolts hoding the brake caliper and swung it out of the way. It is easier to put the axle back in by sliding on the sprocket hub then tapping the axle through then sliding on the brake disc and it;s hub. There is a center spacer inside the carrier but it will recenter as you wiggler the axle to slide it back through. When the axle is out slide off the sprocket hub and simply remove the bolts, put the sprocket in a vise to hold it if you have one. Anyway just move the sprocket to the opposite side of the hub and replace the bolts going the opposite direction. It will look like you might have clearance problems with the bolt heads being on the opposite side but there is plenty of room. Use loctight on all the nuts and bolts as you replace them.
As far as the axle carabbing afterward you will find that if you put the extra nuts onto the adjusters you can align the axle almost perfectly with the front end. It might still be a little off center, but it can be aligned to fly staight down the road
