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Checking the rear brake pads
The brake pads can be inspected from the rear. The thickness of the linings may
not be less than 1 mm (0.04 in).
WARNING
AT THEIR MOST WORN POINT BRAKE PAD LININGS SHOULD NOT BE THINNER THAN 1 MM,
OTHERWISE THEY COULD LEAD TO BRAKE FAILURE. FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY DON’T PUT OFF
HAVING YOUR BRAKE PADS CHANGED
.
!
CAUTION
!
IF THE BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED TOO LATE SO THAT THE LINING IS PARTLY OR ENTIRELY
WORN
, THE STEEL COMPONENTS OF THE BRAKE PAD WILL RUB AGAINST THE BRAKE DISC,
THEREBY IMPARING THE BRAKING EFFECT AND DESTROYING THE BRAKE DISC.
Replacing the rear brake pads*
Press brake caliper 1 in direction of chain wheel for the brake piston to reach its
basic position. Remove safety device
2, knock out the guide pin 3 from the
brake caliper with a drift towards the chain wheel and remove brake pads.
Carefully clean the brake caliper with compressed air and check sleeves of the
guide pins for damage.
Slide left brake pad into the brake caliper and fix it with the pin. Slide in the right
brake pad and knock the bolt in as far as it will go. Mount safety device
2.
WARNING
–I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS.
O
THERWISE, THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED.
–A
FTER ASSEMBLY
,
CHECK IF CIRCLIPS HAVE BEEN FITTED CORRECTLY.
–H
AVING PERFORMED ANY WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM
,
ONE MUST ALLWAYS ACTUATE
THE HAND BRAKE LEVER OR FOOT BRAKE LEVER
,
RESPECTIVELY SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THE
BRAKE PADS WILL LIE AGAINST THE BRAKE DISK AND THE PRESSURE POINT IS ESTABLISHED
.
Dismounting and mounting the front wheel (SX, SC)
– To remove the front wheel, jack the motorcycle up on its frame so that the
front wheel no longer touches the ground.
– Loosen the collar screw
4 and unscrew it approx. 5 turns.
– Loosen the 4 clamping screws
5 on the fork leg axle passage.
– Use the collar screw to push the wheel spindle forward and remove the collar
screw.
– Hold the front wheel, pull out the wheel spindle
6
NOTICE: the wheel spindle may be pulled out more easily, if you slide an
open-end wrench (17mm) onto the flat portion of the wheel spindle.
– Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take the speedometer drive
7
off the hub.
!
CAUTION
!
D
O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED.
– Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease sealing ring
8 and run-
ning surface
9 at the speedometer drive.
– To mount the front wheel, lift it into the fork. Insert speedometer drive into
the hub. Make sure that the driving tabs
bk engage with the slots of the drive.
– Position front wheel and speedometer drive, and mount wheel spindle.
– Mount collar screw
4, turn speedometer drive in a way that the flexible spee-
dometer shaft will curve upwards in a slight bow and tighten collar screw to
40 Nm (30 ft.lb).
– Take the motorcycle off the stand and bounce the fork hard a few times to
align the fork legs
– Then tighten clamping screws
5 to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs)
WARNING
–I
F YOU DON’T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
KTM DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A
LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR MOTORCYCLE.
–A
FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL, KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
.
–IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS,
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
.
min.
1 mm
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180 mm
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