KTM 125 LC2 1998, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Dismounting and mounting the front wheel*
– Jack the motorcycle up by the frame so that the front wheel no longer
touches the ground.
– Loosen the collar screw 1
– Loosen the 4 hexagon nuts 2 on the fork leg axle passage.
– Hold the front wheel, pull out the wheel spindle 3 .
– Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take speedometer drive
4 off the hub.
! CAUTION !
D
O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE UNLESS THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN MOUNTED
.
– Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease shaft seal ring
5
and running surface
6
at the speedometer drive.
– To mount the front wheel, lift it into the fork. Insert speedometer drive
into the hub. Make sure that the driving tabs
7
engage with the slots
of the drive.
– Position front wheel and speedometer drive, and mount wheel spindle.
– Mount collar screw
1
, turn speedometer drive in a way that the spee-
dometer cable
A
will curve upwards in a slight bow (see figure), and
tighten collar screw with 40 Nm (30 ft.lb.).
–
Take the motorcycle off the stand operate the front wheel brake and
bounce the fork hard a few times to align the fork tubes.
– Then tighten hexagon nuts
2
with a torque of 5 Nm (4 ft.lbs)
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 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 GREASE
,
OTHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECT 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
.
– W
HEN 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
,
OTHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
.
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