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The Lambretta scooters have a two sided fork that means to fix a flat or change the tire the entire front hub needs to be removed.

Tools - You will need:

13mm socket & driver

14mm socket

21mm socket

An adjustable wrench for the larger axle nuts - a socket will work to but I don't know what size is correct.

The first step is to remove the entire hub from the forks. There is a single 21mm on either side of the front axle that need to be loosened (arrowed below in red). The brake cable and speedometer cable do not need to be removed unless the hub is going to be worked on (arrowed in green). The forks pictured below are from an LI series Lambretta. The SX200, TV175, TV200 and GP200 will differ because of small damper mounted from the fork link to the forks on both sides. These will not need to be removed in order to change the tyre.

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Once the axle nut has been removed, there is a washer on either side which fits into a recess in the fork link. Sometimes these are a little tough to remove so they must be pried loose with a screwdriver or pliers..