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Replacing the rear brake pads*
Press brake caliper
1
in direction of chain wheel for the brake piston to
reach its basic position. Remove safety device
2
, knock out the guide pin
3
from the brake caliper with a drift towards the chain wheel and remove
brake pads. Carefully clean the brake caliper with compressed air and check
sleeves of the guide pins for damage.
Slide left brake pad into the brake caliper and fix it with the pin. Slide in the
right brake pad and knock the bolt in as far as it will go. Mount safety
device
2
.
WARNING
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T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
.
O
THERWISE
,
THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
.
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FTER ASSEMBLY
,
CHECK IF CIRCLIPS HAVE BEEN FITTED CORRECTLY
.
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AVING PERFORMED ANY WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM
,
ONE MUST ALWAYS
ACTUATE THE HAND BRAKE LEVER OR FOOT BRAKE LEVER
,
RESPECTIVELY SO AS TO
ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE PADS WILL LIE AGAINST THE BRAKE DISK AND THE PRESSURE
POINT IS ESTABLISHED
.
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 the collar nut
4
.
– Loosen the 4 clamping screws
5
on the fork fists.
– Hold the front wheel, pull out the wheel spindle
6
NOTE: The wheel spindle can be easily removed if you slightly revolve it
with a ring spanner (KW 21 mm) or a hexagon socket screw key (6 mm).
– Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take the speedometer
drive
7
off the hub.
NOTE: Models with a digital speedometer have a distance bushing
instead of the speedometer drive.
SUPERMOTO: before removing the front wheel, unscrew the front
brake caliper.
!
CAUTION
!
– D
O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
.
– M
AKE SURE THE BRAKE DISC IS ALWAYS ON TOP WHEN YOU LAY DOWN THE WHEEL
,
OTHERWISE THE BRAKE DISC CAN BE DAMAGED
.
– Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease sealing ring
8
and
running surface
9
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
bk
engage with the slots of
the drive.
– Position front wheel and speedometer drive, and mount wheel spindle.
– Mount collar nut
4
, turn speedometer drive in a way that the flexible
speedometer 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
5
to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs)
NOTE for SUPERMOTO: after fitting the front wheel, mount the front
brake caliper, secure the screws with Loctite 243 and tighten to 25 Nm.
WARNING
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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 AXLE 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 FATTY MATTERS
,
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
.
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