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Dismounting and mounting the front wheel *
To remove the front wheel, jack the motorcycle up on its frame so that the
front wheel no longer touches the ground.
Loosen both clamp screws
2 on the left fork leg. Then loosen the collar
nuts
1 before loosening the clamp screws 2 on the right fork leg.
Hold the front wheel and withdraw the wheel spindle
3.
Note: The wheel spindle can be withdrawn more easily by turning it mode-
rately with a 6 mm ALLAN/IMBUS key while pulling.
Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take the speedometer drive
4 off the hub.
!
CAUTION
!
D
O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
.
A
LWAYS PLACE THE WHEEL ON THE GROUND WITH THE BRAKE DISC POINTING UPWARDS.
O
THERWISE THE BRAKE DISC MAY BE DAMAGED
.
Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease sealing ring 5 and run-
ning surface
6 at the speedometer drive.
To mount the front wheel, lift it into the fork. Insert the speedometer drive
into the hub. Make sure the driving tabs
7 engage with the slots of the
speedometer drive.
Position the front wheel and the speedometer drive or distance brushing
and mount the wheel spindle.
Mount collar nut
1, turn speedometer drive in a way that the flexible spee-
dometer shaft will curve upwards in a slight bow (see pict.) and tighten
collar nut to 40 Nm (30 ft.lb).
Take the motorcycle off the stand and bounce the fork hard a few times to
align the fork legs.
Then tighten clamping screws
2 to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs).
WARNING
–IF YOU DON’T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND, MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
KTM DEALER AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE
. A LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR
MOTORCYCLE
.
–AFTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
, KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
.
–I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS,
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
.
Dismounting and mounting the rear wheel *
Jack the motorcycle up by the frame so that the rear wheel no longer tou-
ches the ground. Loosen the collar nut
8, remove chain tensioner 9, hold
the rear wheel pull out the wheel spindle
bk until the rear wheel is free but
the brake caliper support is still held. Push the rear wheel as far forward as
possible, take the chain from the chain sprocket and carefully take the rear
wheel out of the swing arm.
!
CAUTION
!
–
D
O NOT OPERATE THE FOOT BRAKE WHEN THE REAR WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
.
–WHEN THE WHEEL SPINDLE IS DISMOUNTED, CLEAN THE THREADS OF THE WHEEL
SPINDLE AND COLLAR NUT THOROUGHLY AND APPLY A NEW COAT OF GREASE TO
PREVENT THE THREAD FROM JAMMING
.
The rear wheel is remounted in reverse order. Before tightening the collar
nut with 80 Nm (60 ft.lb), push the rear wheel forwards so that the chain
tensioners lie on the tension screws.
WARNING
–I
F YOU DON’T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND, MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
KTM DEALER AS SOON AS POSSI-
BLE
. A LOOSE WHEEL SPINDLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF
YOUR MOTORCYCLE
.
–A
FTER MOUNTING THE REAR WHEEL, KEEP OPERATING THE FOOTBRAKE UNTIL THE
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
.
–I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND GREASE, OTHER-
WISE THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED.
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