Checking The Steering - APRILIA RS 125 - 1995 Manual

CHECKING THE STEERING

Read page 50 carefully.
To check the steering it is necessary to:
– raise the front wheel, by means of a support or a
special stand;
– shake the fork in the driving direction (Fig. 42);
– if the slack must be adjusted, loosen the lock nut
(1 - Fig. 43) and act with the apposite key on the
adjusting nut (2-Fig. 43), in order to take up the
slack;
– repeat the check until the problem is over;
– tighten the lock nut firmly (1-Fig. 43).
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Once this operation has been carried out,
make sure that the handlebars turn
smoothly, to avoid damaging the balls
and losing control of the vehicle.
Fig. 42
Fig. 43
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