Cannondale Bicycles Push the rear derailleur back into position, Removing a Bolt-On Front Wheel

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Bolt-on Wheel in Front Dropouts

(7)Push the rear derailleur back into position.

(8)Close the brake shoes; then spin the wheel to make sure that it is centered in the frame and clears the brake shoes.

4. Removing and Installing Bolt-On Wheels

a. Removing a Bolt-On Front Wheel

(1)Open up the brake shoes (see Section 6.C.1, figs. 16A, B, C and D).

(2)With a 15mm box wrench or a six inch adjustable wrench, loosen the two axle nuts.

(3)If your front fork has a clip-ontype secondary retention device, disengage it and go to step (4). If your front fork has an integral secondary retention device, loosen the axle nuts about six full turns; then go to step (4).

(4)Raise the front wheel a few inches off the ground and tap the top of the wheel with the palm of your hand to knock the wheel out of the fork ends.

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