Modern Buddy

Without taking off the muffler???

I have been trying for the past hour and a half.

Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

Any ideas?

Or am I just going to have to take off this muffler?

Seems like a lot to remove the rear wheel.

07 bud

~Lee

(putting on some new rubbers, Michelin S1's!)

Yankee Sierra'd

It may seem like a lot to remove the muffler to get the rear wheel off. But if you'd removed the muffler, you probably wouldn't have spent an hour and a half trying to do it.

just do it, dude...

i have a couple ideas but they all involve a plasma cutter

Well first ya gotta disconnect the horn wire and flip the scoot on its back like a bicycle

when i took mine off, i removed the muffler, i tried to find a way to remove the wheel without taking it off but it seemed impossible

Pull the exhaust pipe. Be careful not to damage that gasket when unbolting the the pipe from the motor.

what's a gasket??

SScooterG wrote:what's a gasket??

Hmmm, don't asket.

A thin piece of material used to seal two connecting parts, ie... the exhaust gasket seals the area between the exhaust pipe and the motor... kind of like caulk that you would line around a window, excpet it is not a liquid or gel that hardens...

Just put Michlin S-1 tires front and back on my Buddy yesterday. Front - I had the remove the brake caliper. Now I have a minor squeek I have to locate. Back - I had to remove the Muffler AND the Muffler support bracket. I did mark the brake drum where the valve stem was so the remount went back exactly as it came off. Hopefully with the S-1 tires, I'll never have to remove them again. Yes, there is a small round gasket about 1 1/4" in diameter and 1/8" thick that fits into a recess of the exhaust pipe. I am very pleased with the S-1 tires, very smooth, balanced and corners very good.

Yep had to remove the boat anchor (pipe) to get the wheel off.

Just slapped on a new set of s1's I let yall know how i like them.

~Lee

i just had the back tire changed and noticed mathew took off the muffler first. hydrolic (is that the right term? )tools are your friend.

maybe the word you are looking for is pneumatic?

pneumatic, yes
that's why you are the expert and i have a kickass machanic.