Xj650 Maxim 81 - removing rear wheel..

Hey guys,

I'm going to be pulling the rear wheel off to inspect the brake shoes and change out the wheel bearings... I've never done this before with a shaft drive, anyone got any pointers or gotchas for me? Do I need to do anything special to the shart drive mechanism when taking it apart / putting it back on.?

Any advice appreciated.

 

its easy...

put the bike on the center stand
remove license plate.....you'll bend it if you don't---

left side
remove cotter pin and big washer
remove castle nut

right side
remove brake stay bolt, lower it out of the way
remove pinch bolt

remove brake rod nut, barrel, rotate brake cover a bit to pull rod out of the linkage, and remove the spring....lower it out of the way

put a screwdriver through the axle hole to help rotate the axle as you pull it out. if it is a bit stuck, a mallet and a drift from the left side will help get the axle moving, and pull the axle out, make sure you don't lose the thick washer on the cover side of the axle.

kneel against the right side of the bike with your knees against the swingarm grab hold of the tire, wiggle/rotate back and forth as you pull it toward you. It will come right off the splines and drop to the ground.

roll it out between the shocks....it wills be a snug fit between them, and be careful of the license, too, if you chose to ignore the previous warning......

don't lose the long spacer that is inside the hub....just let it sit in there safely out of the way. The axle will slide right through it as you reassemble it.

take the rim to have the new tire put on it, service bearings as needed.

check your brakes while you are in there

reassemble in reverse order.

adjust brake lever as needed

put in a new cotterpin.

go ride

 

Awesome, step-by-step thanks dude...that helps.

should I clean or do anything to the splines while I have the wheel off?

R./

 

Make sure there's plenty of clean grease, that's about it.....

Really, pulling the rear wheel off is five minute job.......

 

It used to be a much longer job for me; the Motad Neta aftermarket exhaust on my UK 650/750 prevented the spindle being pulled out from the right. It meant undoing the bottom shock mountings and loosening the top ones, to allow the swing arm to be jacked up using a bottle jack on top of two bricks.

A good job I never had to do it away from home.

In the end I went to the breakers and found another spindle and two spacers, one of which they turned down for me. Now the spindle comes out from the left side. One spacer is within the clamp on the right, the other between there and the brake plate.

 

Just a note, I believe the recommended grease for the spline and axle is Moly Grease, or what is called Molybdenum Grease.

Hope this helps.

 

Yep, that helps - thanks guys. I've done that a few times on bikes with chains and disk brakes but this whole shaft-drive was new territory so I just wanted to make sure I didn't do anything silly.

Seems like I need to get some Moly Grease!

R./

 

This stuff...

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... id=7257591

 

Update to say thanks...

Yep I finally replaced the rear brakes....would have been sooner except some muppet decided to not mail me my brake shoes for over a week... sigh...

All in all it was pretty simple but only due to the help and support of this forum so hey... thanks folks.. I really appreciate the help...

I found this document to be probably the best guide I've ever used to doing anything on a motorcycle so props... chacal.. next time I'll buy my brakes from you I promise.. I got suckered with a cheaper price but ended up with bad service that wasn't worth the small saving.. I owe you one..

http://www.xj4ever.com/rear%20drum%20brakes.pdf