Royal Enfield 250 CLIPPER, Workshop Maintenance Manual

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ROYAL ENFIELD WORKSHOP MANUAL
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each suspension unit with the countersunk headed
bolt and nut. Put back the wheel, couple up the
brake anchor arm and cable, and fit the link side
covers.
5. Steering Head Races
The steering head bearing consists of two deep
groove thrust races, each containing nineteen ¼
in. diameter balls. The method of adjustment is as
follows
Take the weight off the front wheel by
placing a box or block beneath the crankcase.
Loosen the head clamp bolt beneath the
handlebars, remove the large central nut and
thick washer from the top of the steering head,
and tighten down the slotted adjustment sleeve
to take up play. Do this carefully, testing until
there is the absolute minimum of play but the
steering falls over to full lock quite freely when
given the slightest push in either direction.
Tighten the head clamp bolt and replace the
large nut and thick washer. (See Fig. 1.)
6. Removal of Complete Fork
The fork, complete with front wheel and
mudguard, can be removed from the machine, if
necessary, by adopting the following procedure.
Free the Casquette by removing the two bolts,
which screw into the steering crown, and the large
central nut from the steering head.
The leads to the lighting switch and ammeter
should be disconnected from the battery, rectifier,
tail lamp, alternator and earth points at their lower
ends, or at the plug and socket connectors when
these are provided. If it is required to remove the
lighting switch and ammeter, these are push fits in
the rubber bushes in the fork head. Disconnect
the speedometer drive from the speedometer
head, and the drive from the revolution counter
head, where fitted. The front brake cable must
also be released.
Remove the bolts which secure each fork leg
to the steering head. Slacken the steering head
pinch bolt, and screw out the slotted sleeve, until
the steering stem is released. The whole assembly
can then be removed.
7. Lubrication
The suspension units cannot be topped up
with oil, and require no attention.
On models provided with grease nipples for
the link fulcrum pins and brake anchor arm, these
points should be lubricated with a grease gun
every 500 miles.
Use one of the following greases in the
gun:
Castrolease LM, Shell Retinax A Grease,
Energrease L2, Mobilgrease M.P., Esso
Multipurpose Grease H or Marfak
Multipurpose 2.
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