// Rear wheel removal - the easy way!

First off to remove the rear wheel, you DO NOT NEED TO REMOVE THE REAR SPROCKET !!!!!!

Slacken the axle nut, remove the rear axle,
Slacken & remove the rear brake adjusting nut, brake arm inner nipple & spring.

Remove the rear brake torsion arm nut, & allow the arm to drop.
Remove the rear wheel spacer.
You now CAN, with a bit of fiddling, drop the rear wheel out of the frame, & you haven’t touched the rear sprocket or chain guard!!!

Replacing the wheel can be fiddly, as the 4 drive cush rubbers tend to keep dropping out, but a little trick is to stick them in with a dab of my faithful silicone sealer....

The other thing that is always replaced wrong is the torsion arm.

The rubber washer is used as a cushion, & should be placed (by itself) between the brake plate & the arm itself, the metal washer is placed on the outside, between the torsion arm & the castle nut, with a new split pin to finish the job.

Courtesy of www.fuzzibitz.8m.com & members of www.cubc90.co.uk