VESPA LXV 125, Service Station Manual

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Slot packing system
- Provisionally fit the piston into the cylinder, without any base gasket.
- Assemble a dial gauge on the specific tool
- Set the dial gauge to zero at a contrast plane with an average precharge, for example 5 mm. Keeping
the zero setting position, fit the tool on the cylinder and lock it with 2 nuts, as shown in the figure.
- Rotate the crankshaft until TDC (the inverted point of the dial gauge rotation)
- Calculate the difference between the two measurements: use the chart below to identify the thickness
of the cylinder base gasket to be used for refitting. The proper identification of the cylinder base gasket
thickness allows maintaining the correct compression ratio.
- Remove the special tool and the cylinder.
Characteristic
Compression ratio (125)
10.6 : 1
SHIMMING SYSTEM
Specification Desc./Quantity
Value measured 0 ÷ 0.1
Thickness 0.8 ± 0.05
Value measured 0.1 ÷ 0.3
Thickness 0.6 ± 0.05
Value measured 0.3 - 0.4
Thickness 0.4 ± 0.05
Characteristics
LXV 125
CHAR - 14