Suzuki RM-Z450, Manual

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Oil Quantity Minor Adjustment
Adding the fork oil
1. Remove the air bleeder valve
1
.
2. Add the fork oil with an injector
from the air bleed hole.
3. Apply grease to the new O-
ring
2
and tighten the air
bleeder valve
1
to the speci-
fied torque.

Grease 99000-25100
(SUZUKI SILICONE
GREASE or equivalent
grease)

Front fork air bleeder valve:
1.3 N·m (0.13 kgf-m, 0.95 lbf-ft)
Reducing the fork oil
1. Remove the front forks.
(Refer to Service Manual)
2. Remove the air bleeder valve.
3. Leaning the front fork, reduce
the fork oil from the air bleed
hole.
Front fork tuning procedure
(

3-13)

CAUTION
Operating the motorcycle with
the fork oil quantity unevenly
adjusted can cause handling
instability.
The fork oil quantity must be
adjusted equally on both fork
legs to provide equal perfor-
mance.