The assmbly manual would be the best guide...
http://www.schwinnbikes.com/media/uploads/blog/files/Schwinn-Meridian-Manual_Mar2011.pdf
Sorry! Wrong bicycle! My Schwinn Tri-Wheel is a Town and Country with the smaller drive chain on the left rear wheel. I need to put in a new tube but can't get the wheel off.
Is it substantially different? Pages 13-14 describes the hardware that attaches the wheel. It's juts a plastci cap, nut and washer.
I appreciate your help. Yes, it is a lot different. There is a long drive chain that comes back from the main sprocket to the center of the back axle, then there is a smaller chain assembly attached to the left wheel which makes it very hard if not impossible to get the wheel off the bicycle. I loosened the nut on the outside of the wheel but the smaller chain assembly is attached to the hub on the inside of the wheel and also attached to the axle and this is where the brake cable is attached!!! This is a 1960 model. I have been looking online for the manual but no luck. Thanks again. I could take a picture if you think you could help me from that but don't know how I would attach it here.
Why don't you contact Schwinn and ask them to dig up something?
Thank you, that is what I will do. As I said, I really appreciate your help, I am 80 yrs. old and trying to fix this bike for my 45 yr. old handicapped son. You done a good thing!!!!!!!!
As a last gasp solution, why can't you just leave the wheel ON the bike and remove the tire from it for repair and reinstallation? The only reason a wheel MUST be removed from a traditional bike is because its hub is captive on both sides by frame or fork members. Your wheels are single-side mounted. I have a mountain bike with a single-sided front fork which would allow flat repair while the wheel stays on the bike. Not the best solution as it requires wrangling the bike around, but maybe less mechanically complicated than disassembling the drive train.
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