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When I got a puncture in Belgium, the guy who repaired it showed me a very clever trick how to get it off;
All he did was whilst on a centre stand, he put the socket on the nut (after removing the lock wire) with a long bar resting on the ground, he started the bike, put it in first gear and released the clutch at tickover, it came undone with ease.
Then when refitting it, he set the torque wrench, put it on the nut again with the wrench facing forwards and onto the floor and then grabbed the new tyre and spoke of the wheel and pulled hard until it clicked. He claimed it was easier than doing it via the wheel than by pulling on the wrench whilst trying to hold the brake on!
I've not tried it myself, but that day he made it look very easy indeed.
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