I want to remove the rear wheel and on all my previous bikes, you just loosened the axle, pushed it through, rolled the wheel forward to create enough chain slack to remove the chain from sprocket engagement and then took the wheel out.
The FTR Service Manual has a multi-step procedure including removing brake caliper, removing ABS sensor, removing chain guard, and removing chain adjusters.
Upon inspection, I cannot for the life of me figure why anything needs to be done beyond removing the axle nut, sliding the wheel forward to remove the chain from sprocket engagement and just sliding the wheel back to remove it.
What am I missing? I'm not so cocksure of my assessment that Indian put in place all these procedures for no reason, so what gives? why can't the wheel be removed with just sliding the axle out and disengaging the chain?
Please no speculation, I could use input only from those that have actually removed the wheel.
The FTR Service Manual has a multi-step procedure including removing brake caliper, removing ABS sensor, removing chain guard, and removing chain adjusters.
Upon inspection, I cannot for the life of me figure why anything needs to be done beyond removing the axle nut, sliding the wheel forward to remove the chain from sprocket engagement and just sliding the wheel back to remove it.
What am I missing? I'm not so cocksure of my assessment that Indian put in place all these procedures for no reason, so what gives? why can't the wheel be removed with just sliding the axle out and disengaging the chain?
Please no speculation, I could use input only from those that have actually removed the wheel.