Supporting Your Bike While Servicing: Difference between revisions
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* put the bike on the centerstand; | * put the bike on the centerstand; | ||
* loosen the axle nut; | * loosen the axle nut; | ||
* ask your friend to | * ask your friend to sit on the back of the bike, thus raising the front a little bit... | ||
* and take the wheel off and prop the forks on a cinderblock with a piece of wood on top of it (a stack of phonebooks also suffices). | * and take the wheel off and prop the forks on a cinderblock with a piece of wood on top of it (a stack of phonebooks also suffices). | ||
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* Flipping the bike sideways while using a wrench/breaker bar. | * Flipping the bike sideways while using a wrench/breaker bar. | ||
<i>Make sure you can stabilize the bike somehow while applying brute force. For example, you can | <i>Make sure you can stabilize the bike somehow while applying brute force. For example, you can sit backwards on the bike while tackling the rear axle nut. Another example is to start loosening the oil drain bolt on the sidestand and then switch to the centerstand.</i> | ||