Rear wheel won't go back on

coffeekittie · Post by **coffeekittie** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:00 am

Hey all, I just bought a 1987 spree with a flat rear tire. Nice folks at a local tire place repaired the flat for free, and now I'm here begging for help after more than 4 hours trying to get the darn thing back onto the scooter!
I cannot find anything online indicating that there's anything special I need to do - yes, I do think I have the wheel turned round the right way...

What am I missing? Maybe I need remedial wheel mounting lessons

Thanks!

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:19 am

loosen up your rear brakes. your brake shoes are probably in the way.

coffeekittie · Post by **coffeekittie** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:21 pm

Thanks for your response! I'm going to figure out what exactly is involved with trying your suggestion and hopefully not only will it work but I'll learn more about how to work on my little scoot

coffeekittie · Post by **coffeekittie** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:06 pm

I've looked over the braking assembly and it seems ok, not stuck open or anything - does anyone have a link for replacing a rear tire? Or working on the brake system, which seems to be related? I'm really stuck

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:14 pm

The nut holding the cable to the lever on the rear brake, remove the nut.

coffeekittie · Post by **coffeekittie** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:56 am

Done and done

thanks you guys, the wheel is back on and I feel much more confident about messing with the brakes!

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:37 am

Just make sure you put the nut back on the cable...

coffeekittie · Post by **coffeekittie** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:15 am

I did

lol

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Rear wheel won't go back on

Rear wheel won't go back on

brakes....I can find those....

Not working

Yay

You seem to understand just how new I am to this