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Maintenance
Brakes
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Adjusting the Brake Lever Freeplay
1.
Turn No.1 adjusting nut a half-turn at a
time while firmly pushing the brake arm.
Check the freeplay of the front brake lever
after turning the adjusting nut clockwise
(less freeplay) by hand until the nut no
longer turns.
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If the freeplay of the front brake lever is
out of the specified range, readjust the
freeplay by rotating the No.1 adjusting
nut.
2.
Without pushing the brake arm, adjust
No.2 adjusting nut so that the gaps
between the brake arm and brake arm pin
for No.1 and No.2 are as follows.
Gap of No.1 : no gap
Gap of No.2 : approximately 1 mm (0.04 in)
Brake arm
Gap of No.1
Gap of No.2
Brake arm pins
No.2
adjusting
nut
continued
Decrease
Freeplay
Increase
Freeplay
Push
No.1
adjusting
nut
Brake arm