KTM 450 EXC EU 2013 Repair Manual page 50

6 FORK, TRIPLE CLAMP
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• Info
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Always change the dust boot, seal ring, lock ring and support ring.
Mount the sealing lip with the spring expander facing downward.
- Slide on lock ring .
- Lubricate and slide on seal ring
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Lubricant (T511)
(r
p. 292)
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Mount with the sealing lip facing down and the open side facing up.
- Slide on support ring
- Remove the special tool.
- Grind the edges of the sliding bushings with sandpaper grit 600, clean the bush-
ings and lubricate them.
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Fork oil (SAE 4) (48601166S1)
(r
p. 291)
201715-10
- Slide on the lower sliding bushing
- Mount the upper sliding bushing
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Do not use a tool; pull the ends apart slightly by hand.
- Warm the outer tube in area of the lower sliding bushing.
Guideline
150°C (122
OF)
- Slide the outer tube onto the inner tube.
- Hold the lower sliding bushing with the longer section of the special tool.
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Mounting tool (T14040S) (r p. 306)
- Push the sliding bushing all the way into the outer tube.
- Position the support ring.
- Hold the seal ring with the shorter section of the special tool.
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Mounting tool (T14040S)
(r
p. 306)
- Push the seal ring and support ring all the way into the outer tube.