m.donovan
Junior Member
Hey everyone, I finally bought some new tires for my bike and took off the wheels and had them changed at a local shop. I got home last night to put the wheels back on, thinking I'd at least have time to go for a test drive afterwards! Well, I spent about three hours messing around with just the back wheel and got nowhere. I feel like I'm missing a washer. But I put everything I took off back on the axle when it was out, I had (from the side with the fixed nut) washer, right bushing, left bushing, then the nut. The nut on the side with the sprocket barely goes over the indented part with the notches for aligning the tire, so I moved the washer to that side, but then the other side really seemed like it was supposed to have a washer. So are there supposed to be two washers, one for each side? I have this set up---bushing in the tire, on both sides, then washer on the outside of the swing arm on the right side, axle goes through washer, then caliper, then wheel, then through the other side of the swing arm, then the other nut. Also, do I tighten the axle first, then the tensioner nuts? I'm having a difficult time aligning it as well...the hash marks really aren't helping because one side has a big ass washer covering way more marks than the other side with just a nut. I dunno, I'm just getting frustrated, this is something I should be able to do and I just keep going in circles! any help would be much appreciated! Thanks