Arctic Cat Pantera 1978 - Assemble and Install; Remove Steering Post

8. Pull brake handle off handlebar.
0725·037
Fig. 9-4
0725·066
Fig. 9-3
1. Remove the throttle handle (See: Throttle
Handle. Disassemble and Remove, page
165).
Panther, Cheetah
Remove Steering
Post
166
2. Remove the brake handle (See: Brake
Handle. Disassemble and Remove. page
165).
3. Remove
the two rear motor mount lock nuts.
4. Remove
the two front motor mount nuts.
5. Remove
the drive belt clutch shield.
6. Loosen
the air silencer clamp and remove air
silencer from carburetor.
7.
Lift the engine just enough to clear lower
steering post bracket.
8. Remove
the two cap screws and lock nuts
securing lower steering post bracket.
0725·480
"~ts,
KEY
1. Cap
2. Ring
3. Decal
4. Lever
5. Pin
6. Handle
7. Spring Pin
8.
Spring
9. Actuator
10. Screw
11.
Dimmer Switch
Fig. 9·2
1. Slide brake handle cap onto handlebar.
2. Slide brake handle
onto handlebar, making
sure socket for dimmer switch is toward rear
of
snowmobile. Align spring pin hole in
handlebar with hole in handle. Drive spring
pin into place.
3. Slide brake cable
into position in brake
handle and cap; then
hook end of brake cable
into brake lever.
9. Slide brake handle cap
off handlebar.
6. Slide
headlight dimmer switch and brake
light switch out of brake handle.
7. Drive
out spring pin holding brake handle
onto handlebar.
5. Slide brake
handle cap toward center of
handlebar.
4. Place
parking brake spring and actuator in
position. Secure brake handle lever and
parking brake mechanism to brake handle
with pin and retaining ring.
Assemble and Install
5. Move dimmer switch and brake light switch
into position in the brake handle.
7.
Install the three machine screws in the
andle and tighten.
6. Secure switches in place by
sliding brake
handle cap against handle.
8. Install
handlebar pad.