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CHK
ADJ
CHECKING AND ADJUSTING THE STEERING HEAD
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CHECKING AND ADJUSTING THE
STEERING HEAD
1. Stand the scooter on a level surface.
WARNING
Securely support the scooter so that there
is no danger of it falling over.
NOTE:
Place the scooter on a suitable stand so that
the front wheel is elevated.
2. Check:
• steering head
Grasp the bottom of the front fork legs and
gently rock the front fork.
Looseness/binding
→
Adjust the steering
head.
3. Remove:
• handlebar
Refer to “HANDLEBAR” in chapter 4.
4. Loosen:
• upper bracket pinch bolts
1
5. Remove:
• steering stem nut
1
• upper bracket
2
Summary of Contents for XP500
Page 1: ...2005 XP500 XP500A5VU5 AE1 SERVICE MANUAL...
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Page 9: ...GEN INFO 1...
Page 11: ...GEN INFO...
Page 38: ...SPEC 2...
Page 40: ...SPEC...
Page 68: ...2 28 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Oil strainer 2 Crankshaft...
Page 69: ...2 29 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Clutch 2 Right main journal bearing 3 Main gallery plug...
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Page 119: ...CHK ADJ 3...
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Page 194: ...CHAS 4...
Page 198: ...CHAS...
Page 292: ...4 94 CHAS ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM XP500A...
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Page 327: ...ENG 5...
Page 331: ...ENG...
Page 424: ...COOL 6...
Page 426: ...COOL...
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Page 443: ...FI 7...
Page 445: ...FI...
Page 476: ...ELEC 8...
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Page 545: ...TRBL SHTG 9...
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