Yakima CaddyYak Instructions De Montage page 15

Remove your bike's rear wheel
12
skewer assembly.
13
Replace it with the new skewer.
• Unscrew the new
skewer tension
adjuster nut from the
skewer.
14
Insert the new skewer through your bike's hub.
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TIGHTEN THE NUT, AND CLOSE THE QUICK-RELEASE LEVER:
• With the quick-release lever in
the open position, tighten the
tension adjusting nut until it is
finger tight against the dropout.
Keep the wheel CENTERED AND ALIGNED to the bike frame!
If quick-release lever closes too easily—
• Open the lever and turn the tension adjusting nut SLIGHTLY.
• Close the quick-release lever again.
• Repeat until the quick-release lever closes with firm resistance.
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• Open lever.
• Unscrew tension nut.
• Remove skewer.
• Store your skewer assembly in a safe place.
• Replace the spring
• Attach the tension adjuster
If threads extend beyond tension adjuster nut, consult
your bike shop about modification of skewer length.
QUICK-RELEASE LEVER OPERATION
• Rotate the quick-release lever all
the way into the closed position
(the lever should reach firm
resistance at the halfway point).
between tension
adjuster nut and
rear dropout.
nut with the ridges facing
into the rear dropout.
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• Remove one of
the springs.
• THE LEVER
MUST CLOSE
COMPLETELY!