Raising rear wheel off the ground..

**car** · 4th October 2007, 14:43

Originally Posted by steelestring

Hey there... Dum question ...I am new to the game

Have to tighten my chain on my zxr 250 with out the use of a paddock stand... Whats the best way to get it up without the assistance of another person? wood? jack?

With what everyone else said about not needing to get the wheel off the ground for this operation...

Before I bit the bullet and bought an Abba stand (and before I had a bike with a single-sided swingarm, which why I bought an Abba stand) I found that a bog-standard claw-hammer was just the right size and shape to wedge under the stand side of the swing arm, just up near the back, with the hammer's handle up, obviously, and the claw facing the rear. Just and handy coincidence, but it slips in there just nice and gets the wheel up a few mm, enough to spin it so the you can clean a chain, etc. It's stable enough for stuff like that, but don't go doing anything daft like removing the wheel.

Just my 2c.

**steelestring** · 4th October 2007, 15:06

Hey there..... thanx for your 2 cents

Its worth more to me than 2 cents though.

I am flatting and dont have many tools... I am slowly gaining new ones all the time with different jobs haha... the hammer is worth a shot too and always good to know!

Cheers