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15.1 Removing the front wheel
Preparatory work
– Lift the motorcycle with the rear lifting gear. ( p. 123)
– Lift the motorcycle with the front lifting gear. ( p. 124)
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Main work
–
Remove screws
1
from both brake calipers.
– Press back the brake linings with a light lateral tilting of the brake calipers on the brake
disc. Pull the brake calipers carefully back from the brake discs and hang them to one
side.
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Do not pull the hand brake lever when the brake caliper has been removed.
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–
Loosen screws
2
and
3
.
–
Unscrew screw
2
about six turns and press your hand on the screw to push the wheel
spindle out of the axle clamp. Remove screw
2
.
Warning
Danger of accidents Damaged brake discs reduce the braking effect.
– Always lay the wheel down in such a way that the brake discs are not dam-
aged.
– Holding the front wheel, withdraw the wheel spindle. Take the front wheel out of the
fork.