How To Remove Rear Tire

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

Alright. Here's a write up for how to remove the rear tire on my 2005-2006.

I used the tools from the toolkit to make this a little easier for some of you.

This is what I normally use:
12mm wrench, 10mm wrench, 1¼" or a 32mm socket, and a long ratchet for some leverage.

1. First, support the rear of the bike or, preferably, put the bike on a rear stand.

2. Remove the axle nut using the the wrench for the tool kit or 1¼"/32mm socket.

3. Loosen your chain adjuster lock nuts (BOTH SIDES OF BIKE) with a 12mm wrench.

4. Tighten the 10mm adjuster nut into the swing arm.

5. Remove the axle adjuster slider plate thing? :toothy12:

6. Push the axle to the edge of the swing arm, not all the way through.

7. Go to the chain and sprocket side.

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

8. Push the wheel forward to get lots of chain slack.

9. Go to neutral, if you aren't already, and derail the chain from the sprocket.

10. Slowly pull the axle all the way out.

11. Pull the rear brake caliper out and put it somewhere.

12. Pull the wheel out. Voila! Finish.

nflor001 · May 21, 2007

Sweet, thanks.

Someone make this a sticky.

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

Replacing the Rear Tire

I don't really want to make another thread, so I'll just add this in here.
This is going to be a major PAIN IN THE ASS for one person.
Be sure to grease up axle and the inner wheel collars, if you need to, before putting the tire on.
1. Set the stage and place your tire in the swingarm.

2. Place the rear brake caliper in the groove in the swingarm and put the rear brake disc inbetween the pads.

3. The hard part starts here.
Watch out for the chain and make sure you put the axle through the inside. You have to lift the wheel while putting the axle through while not letting those damned wheel collars fall out.
I use my foot, shin and leg, in addition to both arms, to lift the wheel, until I maneuver the axle through.

4. After all that hard work push the axle all the way through and replace the axle adjuster plate, washer, and axle nut. DO NOT TIGHTEN.

5. Go back to the chain and sprocket side.

6. Put the chain around the top teeth of the sprocket and roll the wheel backwards, it should pop right in.

7. Adjust your chain slack with the 10mm wrench.

8. Lock the adjust nut with the 12mm wrench.

9. Take the bike OFF the stand or put it back on the ground and tighten the axle nut until you can lift the rear wheel off the ground a little.

If you have a torque wrench then set it to 83ft-lbs.

Go ride.

BiGxbOix510 · Sep 26, 2007

^ If you still haven't solved this problem....
It's either your riding style or you missed something on the reinstall.

BiGxbOix510 said:
2. Place the rear brake caliper in the groove in the swingarm and put the rear brake disc inbetween the pads.

Check that. You can go and look at your bike and look at the brake line.
If the line doesn't look loose/slacked, you may have missed this groove.

Knight_Riderz · May 21, 2007

great job on the diy, seem like you're drinking on the job.

blue22rom · Jan 2, 2008

+1 for many many Coronas needed to keep you company during the rear and front DIY write-ups (I'm surprised they haven't been stickied yet).

GOOD JOB man!

shinysideup · May 21, 2007

great write up!
so those little ba$tards are called inner wheel collars! aka pain in the a$$ if you have to put them back in!!!

Neek · Jun 19, 2012

Nice write up and good pics!

But I know of a solution for those darn Collars :roll:

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

haha, those collars fell out on me like 5 times when I did this.
And I just realized that I need to put that commuter tire back on.
So I'm gonna do the same job twice. Ghey...

td_600rr · May 21, 2007

great write up BiGxbOix510, u make it seem so easy.

HondaRider4Life · May 21, 2007

good write up yea them wheel collars like to pop out that rear wheel is so much easier to do if you have a second pair of hands

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

I did a write up to the front too. You can find it here.
http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=78102

Man, I wish I had a 2nd pair of hands.
2 hands for the headlights and 2 hands for the trunk.
(Non motorcycle related....:biggrin

BiGxbOix510 · May 21, 2007

Here's the torque values of the rear wheel.

Wes600rr · May 21, 2007

Slaps & I discovered a great use for those annoying phone books that you find at your front door. Stick them under you tire when taking it off and putting it back on. Makes it a hell of alot easer....

Two great write ups from Big......

Oilhead · Jul 18, 2010

Thanks for the phonebook idea! Had it not been for that, I may not have been able to do this on my own. I have done tire R/I on many bikes but the rear of the CBR600RR has to be the worst one ever! The major culprit is the stupid design of the guide that the rear caliper slides into.

TonyTheTige-rr · May 21, 2007

thanx man what are the wheel collars ur talking about? in the pictures

600RRyder1 · May 21, 2007

Sticky please! Now, give us a how to in killing Coronas.

chadandy12 · May 21, 2007

If your not messing with your chain at all can't you leave your chain tensioners where they are or is that what your did you just removed them?

TonyTheTige-rr · May 21, 2007

you need to loosen the chain tensioners becuase you need to push the tire foward without any slack from the chain you cant do it. so u need to loosen it up to create some slack so you got room to move.

aoc007 · May 31, 2007

You can do it if you take the axle out before you take the chain off...

chef babu · May 23, 2007

you mustpiss corona beer lol a human corona tap..

nice write up

))))

TonyTheTige-rr · May 24, 2007

can we sticky this and the front wheel thread?

BiGxbOix510 · May 24, 2007

+1! haha, there's no love for me. My tail removal was never sticky'd either. :icon_roll

r_mutt · May 31, 2007

isn't the rear bolt a 22mm, not 32?

Guest · May 31, 2007

no, the rear on the 05-06 (unsure about 03-04) is 32mm. the other side does not have a size as it fits inside the adjuster block and if fixed in place.

garrick · Jun 20, 2007

This post rocks! Just used this writeup to get new tires mounted and it was perfect. Thanks!

+1 to this thread being stickied!

frontslope · Jun 22, 2007

nice post man thankyou

ChemiKaze · Aug 13, 2007

wow... great writeup... really need to sticky this... whad up moeman?

nickyrr · Aug 13, 2007

Great post

Thanks will definitely keep this one!

drummers · Aug 27, 2007

and don't forget to push on the rear brake after replacing the tire and before to go out with the bike without brakes

jbehning · Sep 6, 2007

is tire removal gonna be any different for an 07 do u know?

Guest · Sep 7, 2007

pretty doubtful.

cortayack · Sep 7, 2007

Nice write up! My F3 was a b*tch to get the tire back on. I'm hoping its little easier for the 06

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