Yamaha YZF-R125 Service Manual: Removing the rear wheel (disc)
1. Stand the vehicle on a level surface.
| WARNING Securely support the vehicle so that there is no danger of it falling over. |
2. Elevate:
- Rear wheel
NOTE:
Place the vehicle on a suitable stand so that the rear wheel is elevated.
3. Remove:
- Rear brake caliper
NOTE:
Do not depress the brake pedal when removing the rear wheel.
4. Loosen:
- Drive chain adjusting locknut
- Drive chain adjusting bolt
5. Remove:
- Rear wheel axle nut
- Rear wheel axle
- Drive chain pullers
- Collars
- Rear wheel
NOTE:
Push the rear wheel forward and remove the drive chain from the rear wheel sprocket.
Disassembling the rear wheel
1. Remove:
- Oil seals
- Wheel bearings Refer to "DISASSEMBLING THE FRONT WHEEL" on page 4-8.
Rear wheel
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Checking the rear wheel
1. Check:
Rear wheel axle
Rear wheel
Wheel bearings
Oil seals
Refer to "CHECKING THE FRONT WHEEL"
on page 4-8.
2. Check:
Tire
Rear wheel
Damage/wear → Replace.
Refer ...
Other materials:
Checking the swingarm
1. Check:
Swingarm
Bends/cracks/damage
Replace.
2. Check:
Pivot shaft
Roll the pivot shaft on a flat surface.
Bends Replace.
WARNINGDo not attempt to straighten a bent pivot
shaft.
3. Wash:
Pivot shaft
Washer
Swingarm adjusting collar
Du ...
Installing the water pump
1. Install:
Water pump assembly "1"
O-rings "2"
NOTE:
Align the projection "a" on the impeller shaft
with the slit "b" on the camshaft sprocket bolt.
Lubricate the O-rings with a thin coat of lithiumsoap-
based grease.
2. Fill:
Cooling system
(with the specified amou ...
Checking the piston pin
1. Check:
Piston pin
Blue discoloration/grooves
Replace the
piston pin and then check the lubrication system.
2. Measure:
Piston pin outside diameter "a"
Out of specification Replace
the piston pin.
3. Measure:
Piston pin bore diameter "b"
Out of specifica ...