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MAINTENANCE WORK ON CHASSIS AND ENGINE »
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Dismounting and remounting the front wheel *
Place the front of the motorcycle on a motorcycle stand (available as an acces-
sory), lifting the front wheel entirely off the ground.
To remove the left and right brake caliper, remove the two screws [1] on each
caliper and pull the brake caliper off the brake disk towards the back.
Loosen the collar screw [2] and the clamping screws [3] on both fork leg axle
passages.
Unscrew the collar screw approx 8 turns, press on the collar screw with your
hand to push the wheel spindle out of the fork leg axle passage and remove
the collar screw. Hold the front wheel while you pull out the wheel spindle.
Lift the front wheel off the fork.
Take the left [4] and right distance bushing out of the shaft seal rings.
– DO NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN
DISMOUNTED.
– BE CAREFUL NOT TO DAMAGE THE BRAKE DISKS WHEN YOU LAY THE FRONT
WHEEL DOWN.
Before you remount the front wheel, clean and grease the shaft seal rings [5]
and the bearing surface [A] of the distance bushings and mount the distance
bushings (wide distance bushing in the left shaft seal ring). When mounting
the distance bushing, be careful not to press the sealing lips towards the inside.
position the front wheel according to the running direction shown by the arrows
[B] on the rim.
To remount the front wheel, lift the wheel on the fork and mount the wheel
spindle.
Mount the collar screw [2] and tighten slightly, tighten the clamping screws
[3] on the right fork leg axle passage to prevent the wheel spindle from turn-
ing and tighten the collar nut to 60 Nm.
Remount the brake calipers. Apply Loctite 243 to the screws [1] on the brake
caliper support and tighten to 45 Nm.
Loosen the clamping screws on the right fork leg axle passage, pull the motor-
cycle off the stand, actuate the front wheel brake and vigorously compress
the fork several times to align the fork legs.
Finally, tighten the clamping screws on both fork leg axle passages to 15 Nm.
– IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH TO MOUNT THE WHEEL, HAVE THE
TORQUES CORRECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED KTM WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POS-
SIBLE. A LOOSE AXLE PASSAGE CAN CAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE'S HANDLING
PERFORMANCE TO BECOME INSTABLE.
– AFTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL, KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE
UNTIL THE PRESSURE POINT RETURNS.
– ALWAYS KEEP THE BRAKE DISKS FREE FROM OIL AND GREASE, OTHERWISE
THE BRAKING EFFECT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.