As Tom says, you can leave the big nut alone. It can be a little tricky the first time but I mostly do it that way even though I have to tools to remove the 46mm nut with little trouble. There is a large notch in the hub for accessing the parts. Turn the hub till the notch is where you need it. Mark Tom Young wrote: > > You sound skeptical. > > The myth that one needs to remove the axle nut to do the rear brakes is one > that's been repeated in just about every manual I've seen. Even the > Bentley, while not explicitly saying so, suggests this it true. Well, it's > not. |
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