Rear wheel installation

[QTreiber]

I took off the rear wheel of my 1979 Standard XS1100, checked and greased the splines and now I am not quite sure if I assembled everything in the right order

I should have taken pictures, thought that I should be able to see how things are assembled in the manual, but I want to make sure that I did it right.


This is how it looks now:
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Is this OK?

I also have a hard time getting the axle in; there are about 2 inches more to go. Should I lift the wheel and "wiggle" things in place, use a hammer...?


I was also wondering, what the best way is to torque the 4 nuts correctly that hold the final gear case. With the wheel in place there is very little room for at least two of the nuts.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Armin

[cywelchjr]

You know, I'm not sure, but I "thought" that spacer went on the other side of the rear caliper bracket. Does the caliper line up with the disk without any trouble? I'll look at mine tonight when I get home (when I go out to head home it will be dark), I'll turn on the big lights in the garage so I can see.

As for getting the axle in, it does take a little light tapping with a hammer to get it all the way in. Make sure to jiggle things a little bit too, as you don't want to be forcing it, but it is a tight fit.

[crazy steve]

The parts are in the right order for a standard 17" rear wheel, but that spacer isn't an OEM piece. The stock unit is .47" thick (about 15/32) not including a 'locating lip' that fits into the caliper bracket. Too thick and it throws off the alignment of the steel caliper bracket and the caliper mount as well as causing issues with installing the axle. I'm sure this one works, but the right one would work better...

[natemoen]

That one looks pretty much identical to the one that is on my 78. Same order too.

[bikerphil]

If you are having difficulty installing the axle, make sure the caliper torque bracket is seated correctly in it's rubber grommet bushing forward on the swing arm.

[crazy steve]

If you are having difficulty installing the axle, make sure the caliper torque bracket is seated correctly in it's rubber grommet bushing forward on the swing arm.

I noticed when I was modding my swingarm for the big tire that even a small amount of misalignment of the swingarm would make the axle hard to install. If you have the right spacer, there should be about a .100" gap between the caliper bracket and the swingarm. If the swingarm is sprung apart (in this case, with a too-wide spacer), you'll have to beat the axle in. Get it aligned right, and you can push it in by hand.

[Incubus]

Here is a picture of my stock '79 XS11. The spacer and the order look right to me (I wish mine was that clean...). Now, I have not owned this bike since it was new and I suppose the spacer could have been replaced at some point. If so, it looks like his PO had the same idea for a replacement spacer.

And yes, it can be a pain to get the axle back through. Wiggle and tap with a dead blow hammer. It'll go.

Patrick

[crazy steve]

Here's a link to the right spacer (although Yammy calls it a 'collar')....
http://www.benefiscal.co.uk/partinfo...90387-20637-00
Note the lip; this fits into a matching groove in the cast aluminum caliper bracket to hold it in place while installing the assembly.

[crazy steve]

Here's a better pic of the right spacer for a Standard....

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[cywelchjr]

Here's a better pic of the right spacer for a Standard....

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You know, I looked at mine, and it matches what all the other pictures show. So I wonder, were there more than one setup, as I don't notice anything in the bracket for the spacer to fit into during assembly. So, maybe the 78's were different in fact, but not on paper?

I didn't recognize the OP's parts cause I've never seen mine that clean and shiny.

[Rickrod3]

For what it is worth

My 79F has the same spacer Steve shows in his picture.
I'm sure this is the spacer it came with since I know the original owner did not modify the bike in any way.

[crazy steve]

Yeah, it's odd that so many have what appears to be the same 'wrong' spacer. But for what it's worth, all four of mine have the same caliper bracket with the 'receiver groove' (including the SG) and all three standards (78, 79, and 81) came with the 'correct' spacer. And this spacer is listed on the parts fiche as fitting all years standards.

The other thing is you can see the misalignment in Qt's posted pic; that steel caliper bracket is angled against the spacer and only tightening the axle will pull it 'straight'. You won't have that with the right spacer...

[natemoen]

Here's a better pic of the right spacer for a Standard....

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I will give it to ya, went and looked at the spacer on my 78 today and it does look like this one and not the first one.

[skids]

Maybe your torque plate is jacked on something. It should not need to be forced. Personally, I would take it easy with beating the axle too hard with a hammer.

[cywelchjr]

Maybe your torque plate is jacked on something. It should not need to be forced. Personally, I would take it easy with beating the axle too hard with a hammer.

Yeah, it shouldn't take more than a couple very light taps to get it all the way in.