Taking off a Lefty wheel

[cstenger5]

I have had Leftys for the past 5 years now, but never took a wheel off of one. After a quick glance, it looks as though I would unbolt the rotor and then remove the allen screw in the center of the hub to get the wheel off. Am I on the right track? Anyone have any experience with this?

[kmax]

you're right.

[randyg1]

Don't unbolt the rotor, take the caliper off and then loosen the allen bolt at the center of the hub. Once the bolt is loose the wheel will slide towards you and off the axle.
Randy

[kmax]

oops, sorry. read that wrong. Definitely easier to remover the 2 bolt caliper.

[rizetech]

Err...
and just loosen the 2 bolts that fasten the adapter to the fork, don't remove the caliper from the adapter. Then just loosen the 5mm on the hub, it's self-extracting.

[brian_brox]

remove the caliper, not the rotor

be carefull putting it back on. they are a little tricky to line the threads up and you really dont want to cross-thread it. since it's been on there for 5 years, put a little grease on it, too

[cstenger5]

Thanks guys! This Lefty is only about 8 months old, but I generally grease any threads anyway