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Number of Speeds is easy. Count the number of cogs on the chainwheel (that's the one with the pedals), count the cogs on the rear wheel and multiply the two together. Normally 3 on the front and 6 one the back, so 18 gears, or 3 and 5 is 15, 2 and 5 is 10.
To remove the front wheel, turn the bike over, wheels in the air slacken off the wheel nuts on either side and slide the wheel up. You make have to slacken the brake to slide the wheel and tire out.
There are some manuals here. Ironhorse seems to be a budget brand available from places like Walmart and Canadian Tire
Place bike on center stand.
Jack the front of the bike to raise the front wheel off the ground. Be careful!!!
Remove the front wheel.
Remove the front fender and cross brace.
Disconnect the brake calipers from the forks.
Remove the air connections from the fork tops.
Loosen the fork leg clamp bolts on the triple tree.
Slide each leg out of the bike. Twisting while pulling often helps.
This can also be done without removing the front wheel but you will have to elevate the front of the bike another foot or so - just disconnect the air fittings and brake calipers, loosen the clamp bolts and drop the whole front assembly.
support the bike so that the front wheel is off the ground. 1, remove front mudgaurd, 2, remove brake caliper, 3 disconnect any speedo drive cable or wires, 4, loosen axel nut, and withdraw the axel, 5, remove the front wheel.
To remove the front tire, you'll need something to lift the bike with like a frame jack. Position the jack under the bike and lift it slighty but not completely off the ground. Make sure the bike is stable and will not fall.
Lift the bike until the weight is off the front wheel but the wheel is not off of the ground. Loosen and remove the axle nut and loosen the two bolts on the bottom of the fork slider on one side. Slide the axle out of the wheel.
Now, carefully continue to lift the bike until you can get the wheel out from under the front fender. Make sure that you mark or can remember where any spacers go and in what direction they face on the axle.
After lifting, carefully pry calipers back (slightly) just enough so front wheel will spin freely. Remove speedometer cable at wheel (if you have one). Then, put a phillips screwdriver through hole in front axle (this just gives you something to pull the axle out with). Then remove the big axle nut. Then remove the lower axle half-clamps. These are the little nuts on bottom. Some forks only have one, & if this is the case, then use the phillips to pull the axle out sideways while supporting tire. Assembly is the reverse of this procedure.
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