Replacing The Rear Brake Pads; Dismounting And Mounting The Front Wheel - KTM 400 Owner's Handbook Manual

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Replacing the rear brake pads*

Press brake caliper
reach its basic position. Remove safety device
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from the brake caliper with a drift towards the chain wheel and remove
brake pads. Carefully clean the brake caliper with compressed air and check
sleeves of the guide pins for damage.
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Slide left brake pad into the brake caliper and fix it with the pin. Slide in the
right brake pad and knock the bolt in as far as it will go. Mount safety
device
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T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
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THERWISE
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FTER ASSEMBLY
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AVING PERFORMED ANY WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM
ACTUATE THE HAND BRAKE LEVER OR FOOT BRAKE LEVER
ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE PADS WILL LIE AGAINST THE BRAKE DISK AND THE PRESSURE
POINT IS ESTABLISHED

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.
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– Loosen the collar screw
– Loosen the 4 clamping screws
– Use the collar screw to push the wheel spindle forward and remove the
collar screw.
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– 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
– Remove front wheel carefully from fork, and take distance sleeve
the hub.
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O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
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– Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease the shaft seal ring
und the bearing surface
– Lift front wheel into fork, and insert distance sleeve
– Position front wheel together with distance sleeve, and mount wheel
spindle.
– Mount 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
POSSIBLE
MOTORCYCLE
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FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
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PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
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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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in direction of chain wheel for the brake piston to
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WARNING
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THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
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CHECK IF CIRCLIPS HAVE BEEN FITTED CORRECTLY
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and unscrew it approx. 5 turns.
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on the distance sleeve.
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, and tighten to 40Nm
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WARNING
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T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
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LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR
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, knock out the guide pin
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ONE MUST ALLWAYS
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RESPECTIVELY SO AS TO
on the fork leg axle passage.
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of the wheel spindle.
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into hub.
to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs)
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MAKE SURE YOU
KTM
DEALER AS SOON AS
KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
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