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MAINTENANCE WORK ON CHASSIS AND ENGINE 65
9.65Installing the front wheel x
Warning
Danger of accidents Reduced braking efficiency due to oil or grease on the brake discs.
– Always keep the brake discs free of oil and grease, and clean them with brake cleaner when necessary.
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– Clean and grease shaft seal rings and bearing surface of the spacers.
Long-life grease ( p. 107)
– Insert the spacers.
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– Lift the front wheel into the fork, position it, and insert the wheel spindle.
– Mount and tighten screw .
Guideline
Screw, front wheel spindle M24x1.5 45 Nm
(33.2 lbf ft)
– Operate the hand brake lever several times until the brake linings are lying correctly
on the brake disc.
– Remove the motorcycle from the work stand. ( p. 38)
– Pull the front wheel brake and push down hard on the fork several times to align
the fork legs.
– Fully tighten screw .
Guideline
Screw, fork stub M8 15 Nm
(11.1 lbf ft)
9.66Removing the rear wheel x
– Jack up the motorcycle. ( p. 38)
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– Press the brake caliper by hand on to the brake disc in order to press back the
brake piston.
Info
Make sure when pushing back the brake piston that you do not press the
brake caliper against the spokes.
– Remove nut .
– Remove chain adjuster . Withdraw wheel spindle only enough to allow the rear
wheel to be pushed forward.
– Push the rear wheel forward as far as possible. Remove the chain from the rear
sprocket.
– Holding the rear wheel, withdraw the wheel spindle. Take the rear wheel out of the
swingarm.
Info
Do not operate the foot brake when the rear wheel is removed.
Always lay the wheel down in such a way that the brake disc is not dam-
aged.