BMW K 1100 LT/RS - Manual (Page 299)

36.7
Removing and installing rear wheel
Removing rear wheel
• Remove number plate bracket.
• Remove the brake caliper.
• Pull off cap (1) with an angled screwdriver.
• Unscrew wheel studs (2).
• Take out the rear wheel.
• Note the presence of spacing washer (3).
Installing rear wheel
• The contact faces on the spacing washer, the
rear wheel drive and the wheel hub must be free
from grease and clean.
• Offer the rear wheel with the spacing washer up
to the rear wheel drive, and screw in all wheel
studs handtight.
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Caution:
Only use wheel studs with length code 60.
LT360040
1
2
2
3
60
• Tighten the outer wheel studs in a crosswise pat-
tern to the preload torque.
• Tighten the central stud to the specified torque.
• Tighten the outer wheel studs in a crosswise pat-
tern to the specified torque.
• Install brake caliper.
Tightening torque:
Preload torque ............................................. 50 Nm
Wheel studs/central stud ........................... 105 Nm
Brake caliper to rear wheel drive .................. 32 Nm
• Check ABS sensor gap.
ABS sensor gap, rear
Up to 1996
model year .......... 0.60…0.65 mm (0.024…0.026 in)
From 1997
model year on ..... 0.45…0.55 mm (0.018…0.022 in)
• Install number plate holder.