RE: Front Tire Removal

["Blood, Troy" <TroyB@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

The speedo has been working okay. The spring I am talking about is for
the bearing seal. The spring is usally pressed into the seal and helps
hold the seal in place I assume, it kind of resembles a braclet. Oh
well, I guess I will put it back on and when I take it to the dealer I
will have them look at it. My fear is that they are going to blame it on
me.  Thanks for the info.

Troy


- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Sheley [mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 12:53 A
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Front Tire Removal


Troy,

Mine came off without any force - there was no need to pry at it. The
ring 
on the speedo drive should be smooth with two cut outs that match the
drive 
tongues on the front wheel.

Has your speedo been working ok ? I am only guessing here, but maybe
when 
it was installed, the tongues were not placed in the cut outs ? When I 
replaced my wheel, I had to rotate it so that they aligned before
sliding 
it back into position.

I have no clue on the spring. Was it on the speedo drive ?

- - Eric

At 12:13 AM 3/18/00 -0500, Blood, Troy wrote:
>Well I finally got the speedo housing removed but I am not happy with
>what I found. I was carefull in prying the housing off with the screw
>driver. Once I got it removed I saw that the tension spring used to
hold
>the seal in place is loose inside the bearing cavity. Has anyone
>experienced this before. Any suggestions on how to put it back in, is
it
>critical?  I also noticed that the part of the speedo housing where it
>snaps onto the wheel is all burgered up. I know I didnt do it with the
>screw driver. The plastic was all rough, it appears that it should have
>been smooth with a ridge in the middle that holds it in. Mine just
seems
>like they were having problems putting it on and they put it on with
>force. Is it normal to have to use a screw driver to pry it off the
>wheel, or should it simply be removed with a slight tug?  Anyone have
>similar experiences?


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