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DORADO OWNER’S MANUAL

Remove the headset crown race from the old fork and press onto the fork

steerer until the race is seated snugly against the top of the crown per the

headset manufacturer’s instructions.

Clean and grease the headset bearings and races per the headset

manufacturer’s instructions.

Remove the old fork from your bicycle.

Install the lower bearings (if applicable) on fork crown race per the headset

manufacturer’s instructions.

Measure and cut the steerer tube to t your bicycle head tube. You can use

your old fork as a guide for cutting the steerer tube length. To determine

which upper triple clamp your frame will need.

FORK INSTALLATION

Insert the steerer tube into the head tube of the frame.

Install the upper bearings, stem spacers, upper triple clamp and stem or

integrated upper handlebar stem clamp.

Install the stem cap and bolt. Tighten the bolt to headset manufacturer’s

specications.

Install the handlebars and torque the stem pinch screws or stem clamping

system to stem manufacturer’s specications.

Install the brake levers and adjust per the brake

manufacturer’s instructions.

First identify the wheel size to be used and conrm tire size tment. (See

section on crown tment on page 9 or 18.) Then align wheel size line with the

bottom of the lower crown. Torque crown bolts to specs found on page 18.

FORK INSTALLATION

To install the hex axle, rst lightly grease the threads on the end of the

axle. Slip the axle into the drop out, round side rst through the drive side

drop out hex. Thread the integrated preload bolt into the axle and torque

to spec. Push the fork up and down a few times to center the axle and hub.

Tighten all pinch bolts to recommendations found in the torque table

on page 18. Proper tightening technique is to tighten bolts uniformly by

alternating back and forth between bolts so as to bring then up to torque

simultaneously. This ensures the best alignment and uniform distribution

of torque loads.

NOTE: Axle is designed to use a 20mm x110mm hub. All other hub sizes are

unsafe, will cause the fork to fail and may lead to potential injury of the rider.

Manitou DORADO User Manual

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