Reply With Quoteif you have a stock or factory race pipe you can use a regular jack and some wood blocks to get the rear or front tire off the ground to get it off the bike
OK, I am getting ready to put a new tire on the rear of my '06 XB9r, and I just realized that my rear stand (T-rex) will cover the hole for the axle pinch bolt. Is it OK to loosen and re-torque this bolt with the wheel on the ground? (I don't see why not, I just like to be sure)
Also, it looks like I could get the wheel out without removing the caliper. Should I remove it as the service manual says, or can I leave it in place?
I've done this many times on many bikes, but this is the first time on my Buell.
if you have a stock or factory race pipe you can use a regular jack and some wood blocks to get the rear or front tire off the ground to get it off the bike
So, you are telling me that I should not re-torque the axle pinch bolt with the wheel on the ground?
not williegoat you will be fine to loosen that pinch bolt on the ground.
Thanks, it's all apart and I am about ready to slap the tire on and put it all back together. I just want to clean the rim up real good while I have it off. I did find that, though you can wiggle the wheel out without removing the caliper, it's just a lot easier to remove the two bolts, put a rag on the swing arm and rest the caliper there.
Piece of cake!
K reed send me your email and year of Uly and I'll send you the manual.
Ok so its an 06 sorry missed that! My bad.
man its funny that so many shops said it was hard
my shop loved the buell, when I picked up the bike they didn't say anything. but when I ran into the tech at the racetrack a few days later he said I should bring by bike by again because it was super easy to change the tires on.
Well I'm gonna try and do a write up on tire change this week, I'm ordering Michelin Power Pure tires from jake wilson so they should be here monday and I will install them...its gonna be tricky without a bike stand but I have a motorcycle jack and curved rubber jack blocks that should do the trick.
Yeah, you should be fine with the MC jack, I used one when changing mine out. The biggest pain was breaking the bead, make sure you have some nice rim protectors and some dynabeads. That way you don't even have to pay anyone to balance it. :)
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