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Hey, welcome you all
Today, we're going to be removing my brother's Street Glide rear tire to do wheel bearings, brakes and what not
Remove obviously the saddlebags, get those out of the way
Then I'm going to remove the two, bolts to the rear mounts that hold the mufflers in place on both sides
and that will allow me to move the mufflers just enough to get the
Axle out of the way
So we take off the locking clip
on the axle itself
of course you have to hold this so you don't lose it
(laughing)
cause they will fly off as it did in my case here
Now we're going to take a 36mm socket and we're going to loosen that nut
and just take it right off
and this is were
taking that muffler off
bracket off
it allows you to move that muffler just enough to get these parts out
now we come to the left side
and break free that axle
get it turning
this axle hasn't been off on this bike in many years so I'm assuming it is not going to be easy to get it out
remove the adjuster on the right side
now with a brass pin
or brass punch
I'm knocking that axle out of the
out of it's place
getting it to slide across
what's happened here is the grease is so old that
the axle just doesn't want to budge out
so I have to actually, you know, use the pin and get it out of there
now pushing the muffler down
I thought we had clearance but I forgot about the saddlebag
mounts
those are going to have to be removed
Actually I don't have to remove it, I just have to take out two nuts, the one on the front here
alright, got to remove that nut
nut and bolt
and we got to remove the nut and bolt
on the back side of the bracket itself
and that's all you have to take off
and that will give you enough play to move the
the saddlebag bracket out of its place
this is just on the left side, you don't have to do this on the right side
now with those two bolts out
you can lift that bracket just enough
to slide the axle out of its place
and that axle is still stuck in there
that grease is so old it is just binding everything up
So what I gotta do is I have to finish tapping it out with the brass punch and just go all the way out with it
and it fell right out, look at that grease
stuff is all bound up in there
I don't think this axle has ever been off this bike
Now their is one thing that I did forget to do
and that's to remove the brake caliper
so
If your going to attempt to take a rear wheel off a Street Glide take the brake caliper off first before you knock out the axle
just makes it easier
I mean if you forget you can still get it off, it's no big deal
so you're going to remove the two bolts
that are mounting the caliper to the bracket
and then you'll be able to take it and
set it aside
to make this job easier you should take off the two side covers
which I'll be doing that here in a second
and now the brake caliper is out
and we should be able to get this wheel out of here
be careful when taking the wheel out, their are some spacers
that are going to fall off
ABS ring
or sensor on the right and spacer on the left
remove the belt
and it should slide right out
now I'm just taking the pulley off
okay here is the wheel
we are going to remove the bearings
and install new bearings
now to do that because I don't have a bearing tool
I'm just going to weld three knobs
onto the bearing itself and then punch it out with the brass punch
and it's that simple, came right out
take the sleeve, set it aside
and now we're going to turn the wheel over
and punch out the other bearing
just cleaning everything up before I put the new bearings in
basically just wiping it down with whatever you have, brake clean, carb cleaner
any kind of cleaning liquid
or solvent will do fine
just tapping the bearing back in
now on this their is an ABS bearing
this is the ABS bearing make sure you put it in the right way
their is an outta facing
and an inner
so it has to be in right
or else the ABS sensor won't work correctly
so this bearing gets pushed in flush
on this side
clean up the area
same as the other side
just wipe everything down
clean up the sleeve
got to make sure you put that sleeve in before you put the bearing
or else your going to be in trouble
clean it out, I'm trying to get that old grease out of there
so the axle don't bind up going in
alright put the sleeve in, make sure it is in properly
and your bearing goes in
now this is the non-ABS bearing
that goes on the side where the pulley goes
now your just going to tap this in
or if you have a press your going to press it in until it
hit the pin, center pin
now if your doing it like me with a socket and hammer you'll hear the difference
once it starts hitting the pin, it'll make a different tone
and then of course you can always stick your finger in there to see if its bottomed out on the pin
now the pulley itself has two bearings in it
and what I'm doing is I'm tapping on the adapter
Now be careful cause this adapter is aluminum
you don't want to damage it, their is a good chance you might damage it
doing it this way
just to give you a heads up
so I'm gonna tap it out
and get those two bearings off
those two bearings on the other side that are together
and their you go
and those are the bearings
they just sit side by side
and that's your adapter
so clean that up
now I'm showing you here that some of that grease is caked on and their is corrosion in there
on that aluminum adapter
so I'm taking a fine file
and just cleaning that whole area up
getting rid of that corrosion that's inside that adapter
and that was probably one of the reasons the axle wouldn't come out ans was binding up on there
so once
I clean it up with the file just enough
to get that corrosion out of there
we're good
cleaning up that spacer
goes on the left side of the wheel
getting the old grease off
that axle
then we're going to take it to the wire brush and clean up that rust and threads and everything else that's on there
she's good as new
now I'm just gonna clean up this brake caliper bracket real quick
using some WD40
and now its time to install the bearings
in the pulley
they should go in pretty easy
just a matter of pressing them in
or hammering them in, the way I'm doing it
push them all the way down till they bottom out
and now the second bearing
just making sure it is seated all the way around there
and their you go
its all set their should still be some play in that aluminum adapter also
so the wheel went out to the shop to get a new tire put on
tube tire and all that
so, while I'm waiting for that to come back
I'm just gonna go ahead and grease up the axle
with some clean grease
any good
high temp grease will work on this
I'm just going to run the axle through to make sure it slides through
nicely
and to grease up the inside of the bearings and the adapter
just take the rest of that grease and
spread it on that shaft again
and use that bit that's there
just to throw some more inside the
inside the adapter and the bearing
so everything is good and lubed
so now all we got to do is wait
for the wheel
to come back from the shop
so we can put this all back together and install the brakes
you all take care
have a blessed day
bye bye