Instructions / Assembly

Closed Position

Open Position

Hub

Axle

Quick Release

Axle (skewer)

Adjusting

Nut

Quick

Release

Cam Lever

Spring

QUICK RELEASE FRONT WHEEL

Some bicycles have wheel axles that incorporate a Quick Release (QR)

mechanism. This allows easy wheel removal without the need for tools. The

mechanism uses a long bolt (called a skewer) with an Adjusting Nut on one end,

and a lever operating a cam-action tensioner on the other. With the quick release

lever in the open position, insert the front wheel into the open ends of the fork.

Turn the adjusting nut so that the locking lever is moved to the closed position

with a firm action. At the halfway closed position of the quick release lever,

you should start to feel some resistance to this motion. Do not tighten the quick

release by using the quick release lever like a wing nut. If the quick release

lever is moved to the closed position with little or no resistance, clamping strength

is insufficient. Move the quick release lever to the open position, tighten the quick

release adjusting nut, and return the quick release lever to the closed position.

CORRECT QUICK RELEASE AXLE SETTING:

1. To set, turn the lever to the open position so that the curved part faces away from

the bicycle.

2. While holding the lever in one hand, tighten the Adujusting Nut until it stops.

3. Pivot the lever toward the closed position. When the lever is halfway closed, there

must be firm resistance to turn it beyond that point. If resistance is not firm, open the

lever and tighten the Adjusting Nut in a clockwise direction.

WARNING! IF YOU ARE USING A UNIT EQUIPPED WITH A QUICK

RELEASE, ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE QUICK RELEASE LEVER IS

SECURELY CLOSED IN A LOCKED POSITION. ALSO BE CERTAIN

YOUR QUICK RELEASE LEVER IS ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE TO THE

DISC BRAKE IN YOUR UNIT.

4. Continue to move the lever all the way to the closed position so that the curved part of the

lever faces the bicycle.

5. The Quick Release is open when you are able to read OPEN. Verify the Quick Release is

closed when you are able to read CLOSED.

6. Repeat process until quick release lever is securley closed in a locked position.