Dismounting And Mounting The Front Wheel; Dismounting And Mounting The Rear Wheel - KTM LC4 ADVENTURE R 640 2000 Owner's Handbook Manual

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Dismounting and mounting the front wheel

– To remove the front wheel, jack the motorcycle up on its frame so that
the front wheel no longer touches the ground.
– Loosen the collar screw
– Loosen the 4 clamping screws
– Use the collar screw to push the wheel spindle forward and remove the
collar screw.
– Hold the front wheel, pull out the wheel spindle
NOTICE: the wheel spindle may be pulled out more easily, if you slide an
open-end wrench (17mm) onto the flat portion of the wheel spindle.
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– Remove front wheel carefully from the fork.
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O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
– A
LWAYS PUT DOWN THE WHEEL WITH THE BRAKE DISC ON TOP TO PREVENT
DAMAGING OF THE BRAKE DISC
– Before mounting, check if the left and the right
correctly positioned in the shaft seal rings. Extremely soiled distance bus-
hings should be removed, cleaned and regreased.
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– To mount the front wheel lift it into the fork and insert the brake disk
into the brake caliper.
– Position the front wheel and mount the wheel spindle.
– Mount the collar screw
– Take the motorcycle off the stand and bounce the fork hard a few times
to align the fork legs
– Then tighten clamping screws
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F YOU DON
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
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MOTORCYCLE
– A
FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
– I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
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Dismounting and mounting the rear wheel*

Jack the motorcycle up by frame so that the rear wheel no longer touches
the ground. Loosen the collar nut
wheel spindle
still held. Push the rear wheel as far forward as possible, take the chain from
the rear sprocket and carefully take the rear wheel out of the swingarm.
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O NOT OPERATE THE REAR BRAKE WHEN THE REAR WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
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F THE AXLE IS DISMOUNTED
COLLAR NUT THOROUGHLY AND APPLY A NEW COAT OF GREASE TO PREVENT THE
THREAD FROM JAMMING
– A
LWAYS PUT DOWN THE WHEEL WITH THE BRAKE DISC ON TOP TO PREVENT
DAMAGING OF THE BRAKE DISC
NOTE:
When removing the rear wheel always check the damping rubbers.
The rear wheel is remounted in reverse order. Before tightening the collar
nut to 80 Nm (59 ft.lbs), push the rear wheel forwards so that the chain
tensioners lie on the tension screws.
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F YOU DON
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
. A
BLE
YOUR MOTORCYCLE
– A
FTER MOUNTING THE REAR WHEEL
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
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T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND GREASE
WISE THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
1 and unscrew it approx. 5 turns.
2 on the fork leg axle passage.
CAUTION
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and tighten with 40 Nm (30 ft.Ibs).
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to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs)
WARNING
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T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR
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KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
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, hold the rear wheel and pull out the
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until the rear wheel is free but the brake caliper support is
CAUTION
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CLEAN THE THREAD OF THE WHEEL SPINDLE AND
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WARNING
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T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
LOOSE WHEEL SPINDLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF
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KEEP OPERATING THE FOOTBRAKE UNTIL THE
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distance bushing are
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MAKE SURE YOU
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MAKE SURE YOU
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