Wheelie Removal and Chain Clean

[NAPA121]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a step by step guide to taking off the rear wheel etc...so that I can take the chain off and clean it it a bucket of Parafin?

It's an SV650 K4 Naked with Hugger and Scottoiler.

BTW I am cr@p at Mechanics/DIY so it has to be a Monkeys guide.

Cheers
Wheelie

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Unless you plan on breaking the chain and re-riviting it, you can't take the chain off as it's wrapped around the swing arm.

[andy]

You dont need to remove wheel and chain to clean the chain - a small tub of parafin and a toothbrush will do just fine.

[Mr Toad]

If you've got a Scottoiler fitted, how dirty is the chain ?
I just used to turn up the drip rate from time to time if I wanted to clean my chain :lol:

[Cloggsy]

I just used to turn up the drip rate from time to time if I wanted to clean my chain :lol:

Thats just plain lazy

<noted for next time ;)>

[kwak zzr]

I just used to turn up the drip rate from time to time if I wanted to clean my chain :lol:

Thats just plain lazy

<noted for next time ;)>

nice avtar mr toad!! dont listen Wheelie_sv650 take the wheel out and polish the hell out of the inside of that swingarm :oops: <sorry i'm a sv cleenaholic! :oops:

[NAPA121]

I would do but I dont know how..

I really would like to take the wheel off so that I know how to do it....

No harm in learning.

[UlsterSV]

Haynes manual is your friend :wink:

[NAPA121]

I thought Haynes manual only went up to a curvy...I have a K4 and so they dont make one for my model (although I'm sure a lot is the same..But not all).

Just a thought

Wheelie

[UlsterSV]

Ah right. Didn't realise you had an ugly - I mean pointy. :P

[Bez]

As already said a toothbrush and some paraffin works great for the chain.

If you want to remove you wheel then this should help you. http://sv650.org/sv_manuals.htm
(page 42 in the Chassis section)

Best off going to the link and save them to you hard drive.

[kwak zzr]

take off the large spindle nut, knock spindle out, wheel comes off, job done.

[Stig]

take off the large spindle nut, knock spindle out, wheel comes off, job done.

Not quite as simple as that but close.

Undo the calliper torsion bar at the calliper end. Then undo the axle nut and push the axle through and out. Take note how the spacers and washers are placed before taking the axle out. Allow the wheel to rest on the ground and push the wheel forward toward the bike, this will give you the slack in the chain you require to take it off the rear sprocket.

The reason for undoing the torsion bar is to allow the brake calliper to slip off the disk as you remove the wheel. Also leaving it in situ makes it more difficult to refit the wheel and align it correctly. Refitting the wheel is completely the reverse of taking it off.

Don't forget to give the axle a nice new coating of grease before putting it back together. Also when putting the wheel back on, make sure you have put the torsion bar back into place before tightening the axle bolt. If you don't, you may find that it's a bugger to locate the bolt through the holes. When both the axle and the torsion bar bolt are both back in place, tighten the axle first then the torsion bar bolt.

[northwind]

Taking it off's easy, putting it back right's less so. But the Haynes does go up to the injected models now apparently.