KTM 450 SMR Motorcycle User Manual


 
MAINTENANCE WORK ON CHASSIS AND ENGINE 57
Removing main silencer
Warning
Danger of burnsThe exhaust system gets very hot when the vehicle is driven.
Allow the exhaust system to cool down. Do not touch hot components.
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Disconnect spring.
Remove screws
and take off main silencer.
Fitting the main silencer
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Check parts for damage and wear. Replace damaged or worn parts.
Mount the main silencer. Mount and tighten screws
.
Specification
Remaining screws, chassis M6 10Nm
(7.38lbfft)
Reconnect spring
.
Glass fiber yarn filling of main silencer
The main silencer is filled with glass fiber yarn.
Over a period, the fibers of the insulating material vanish into the air, and the silencer "burns out".
Not only is the noise level higher, the performance characteristic changes.
Removing glass fiber yarn filling of main silencerx
Warning
Danger of burnsThe exhaust system gets very hot when the vehicle is driven.
Allow the exhaust system to cool down. Do not touch hot components.
Remove the main silencer. ( P. 57)
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Remove screws of end cap. Remove the end cap.
Remove screws of insert
. Remove insert.
Remove screws of cap
. Remove cap.
Remove inner-tube
.
Remove glass fiber yarn filling from insert
and inner-tube.
Clean parts to be refitted.