Removing The Rear Wheel; Fitting Rear Wheel - KTM 450 SX-F EU 2010 Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE WORK ON CHASSIS AND ENGINE

Removing the rear wheel

9.69

Fitting rear wheel

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9.70
Warning
Danger of accidents Reduced braking efficiency due to oil or grease on the brake discs.
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Always keep the brake discs free of oil and grease, and clean them with brake cleaner when necessary.
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Jack up the motorcycle. (
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Press the brake caliper by hand onto the brake disc in order to retract the brake
piston.
Info
Make sure when retracting the brake piston that you do not press the brake
caliper against the spokes.
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Remove nut
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Remove chain adjuster
wheel to be pushed forward.
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Push the rear wheel forward as far as possible. Remove the chain from the rear
sprocket.
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Holding the rear wheel, withdraw the wheel spindle. Take the rear wheel out of the
swing arm.
Info
Do not operate the foot brake when the rear wheel is removed.
Always lay the wheel down in such a way that the brake disc is not dam-
aged.
400258-10
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Remove spacing sleeves
400260-11
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Clean and grease shaft seal rings
Long-life grease (
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Insert the spacing sleeves.
400260-10
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Lift the rear wheel into the swing arm, position it, and insert the wheel spindle
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Put the chain on.
400259-10
p. 24)
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. Withdraw wheel spindle
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.
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and bearing surface
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p. 88)
only enough to allow the rear
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of the spacing sleeves.
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52
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