Yeti SB5 - Frame Assembly: Linkage Installation; Infinity Link Bolt Tightening; Pivot Axle and Bearing Greasing

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ASSEMBLY
Place the spacing washers (300020049) on the
lower (narrow) end of the link. The grease should
help hold them in place.
Insert the link into the frame and insert the lower
link axle (300040483) to hold it all in place.
Despite the picture, apply grease to the threads
and shaft of the pivot axle. No Loctite needed.
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Lightly grease the bearing surfaces on your link
(200020261).
Using a torque wrench, nish tightening the
Innity Link bolts using a crossing pattern.
*Torque to 12 Nm
ASSEMBLY
Insert the collet axle nut (300030287) in the
corresponding keyed hole and thread the axle in
using a 5mm allen wrench. The axle acts like a
headset and is meant to preload the bearings.
*Torque: 3 Nm
Install the lower link collet wedge. (300040486)
Grease the threads and the wedge. Tighten with
a 4mm allen wrench and nish with a torque
wrench.
*Torque: 8 Nm
Grease the threads and shaft of the main pivot
axle. (300040485)
Slide the swing arm into place, aligning the
main pivot. Push the main pivot axle through the
swing arm and Innity Link from the non-drive
side. NOTE: You may want to use a guide pin
(200020118) to assist in aligning the sleeve in the
Innity link.
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