Installing The Front Fork Legs (For Yzf-R1) - Yamaha R1 Series 2015 Service Manual

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f. Install the fork spring compressor.

g. Press down on the spacer with the fork spring

compressor "1".

h. Pull up the rod puller and install the rod holder

"2" between the locknut "3" and the guide "4".

Universal damping rod bleeding

Rod puller attachment (M10)

Universal damping rod bleeding

Fork spring compressor

Fork spring compressor

Damper rod holder double ended

Use the side of the rod holder that is marked "B".

i. Remove the rod puller and rod puller attach-

j. Install the damper adjusting rods and cap

bolt, and then finger tighten the cap bolt.

Always use a new cap bolt O-ring.

k. Hold the cap bolt "5" and tighten the locknut

"3" to specification.

When loosening the nut, be sure not to break

the projections on the cap bolt collar of the

l. Remove the rod holder and fork spring com-

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• Temporarily tighten the cap bolt.

• When to tighten the cap bolt to the specified

torque is after installing the front fork leg to the

vehicle and tightening the lower bracket pinch

INSTALLING THE FRONT FORK LEGS (for

The following procedure applies to both of the

front fork legs.

• Front fork leg

Make sure the brake hoses are routed prop-

Align the outer tube with the position "a" as

shown in the illustration.

FRONT FORK (for YZF-R1)

Front fork cap bolt locknut (for

15 Nm (1.5 m·kgf, 11 ft·lbf)

(to the outer tube)

Temporarily tighten the upper and lower

bracket pinch bolts.

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