How do you remove the back tire on a 1997 road king?

Answer 1

Raise the bike and remove the 5 lug nuts. if you can raise it high enough you can drop it straight down. If not remove the rear plastic panel and slide it out toward the rear. Many of us that have trailer hitches just loosen the lug nuts and the lay the bike down on it's right side on the grass or an old piece of carpet, then finish removing the nuts and just slide the wheel out. It will not hurt a thing to lay it down as it will simply rest on the gaurds.

Answer 2

Step 1 Jack rear end and support solidly.

Step 2 Remoce cotter pin from rear axle

Step 3 remove rear caliper and from rotor and push put of the way

Step 4 loosen axle bolt

Step 5 remove axle and spacers, becarful to note spacer location

Step 6 remove chain from sprocet and remove wheel from swingarm.

Answer 3

I suggest you buy the repair manual. It is a complicated process and you will need a motorcycle jack.

But if you still wanna give it a shot, here's some instructions, that I found on V-Twin Forums....

Put the bike on a lift but only lift it enough to steady it.

Loosen the adjusters about 3-4 full turns evenly on both sides so the alignment stays fairly straight.

Remove the right muffler so you can get the axle out ordisconnect the shocks so the swing arm drops down to remove the axle.

Remove the cotter pin in the castellated nut, break the nut loose and remove it.

Slide the axle out now. Sometimes it takes a bit of coaxing, don't damage the threads. Once the axle is out, jack the lift up a bit and guide the wheel out after removing the belt off the rear pulley.

After the tire is replaced, reverse this procedure and carefully guide the wheel between the brake pads. You may have to pry them apart a bit here.

Hang the belt over the pulley and guide the wheel up and into place by lowering the lift very slowly. It's easier with two people here.

Slide the axle back in after applying some never seize to it and replace the nut and torque it down after you readjust the belt tensioners the same amount that you loosened them up in the beginning. Check the tension out with a gauge now before locking things up.

Install new cotter key and reinstall the muffler/shock bolts depending on which one you removed.

Answer 4

Take it off !!!!! If you don,t know you should be going to a garage.

Answer 5

if you can't remove the back tire you must be too bright leave it alone R.u.B.

Answer 6

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