RALTech | Wheel Cover Instructions

No special tools are required. However, you will need a chain whip and a cassette removal tool to remove the cassette.

The Wheel Covers are supplied finished and smoothed, but it is still possible for a carbon shard to break free. If this sticks you in the finger it hurts. Lightweight cotton gloves are recommended for handling the Covers.

You should have:- Wheel Cover Fixings

• 2 Wheelcover shells – drive side (flatter) and non-drive side (deeper dish).
• 16 Mounting Buttons – 8 long and 8 short (several spares should be included)
• 8 Flexible Spacers (spares included)
• Valve Hole Cover (spares included)

Remove cassette and spacers, where fitted.

Clean the hub, rim and spokes and check the spokes are not damaged or bent.

Push a short Mounting Button through each hole in the non-drive side Wheel Cover and secure it by pressing a Flexible Spacer over it until it bottoms out.

Place the wheel over the non-drive side Wheel Cover and begin by aligning the valve hole in the Cover with the wheel valve. The Mounting Buttons should fall between the spokes.
Next, place the drive-side Cover over the wheel.

One-by-one, push a long Mounting Button through each hole in the drive-side Cover and into the corresponding Spacer beneath it.
Once all the mountings have been engaged, go round the wheel a few times adjusting the spacers so that the Covers assume their natural shape, without being squeezed and distorted.
Check that the Covers are centred such that they do not impede the braking track of the rim.

Refit the cassette, not forgetting any spacers you took off earlier.
Fit wheel to bike.

Check that brakes function correctly. Occasionally, the wheel-engagement 'ears' may foul the disc covers, especially if the brake blocks are worn. The ears can be filed down or bent out of the way or removed completely, depending on the type.

Check that the rear derailleur engages bottom gear without rubbing the Wheel Cover. Depending on the type of wheel and equipment used, spacing can be quite tight and the lower stop of the derailleur may need to be adjusted more accurately than when Wheel Covers are not used.