Dismounting And Mounting The Front Wheel - KTM 400 LS-E/MIL Owner's Manual

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Dismounting and mounting the front wheel

Jack the motorcycle on the frame until the wheel no longer touches the
ground.
Loosen the two clamp screws
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Hold the front wheel and pull out the wheel spindle
NOTE: the wheel spindle is easier to pull out if you insert a 6 mm hexagon
wrench (from the tool set) and move the spindle back and forth.
Carefully remove the front wheel from the fork and take the speedometer
drive
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– D
– A
Before you mount the front wheel, clean and grease the shaft seal ring
and the contact surface
wheel, lift the wheel onto the fork and place the speedometer drive on the
hub. Make sure the driving tabs
Position the front wheel and speedometer drive and mount the wheel
spindle.
The speedometer cable must run along the outside of the fork protector
and in front of the triple clamp to the speedometer.
Mount the collar nut
the fork leg (see below). Tighten the clamp screws
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to prevent the wheel spindle from turning and tighten the collar nut to 40
Nm. Loosen the clamp screws on the right fork leg, take the motorcycle off
the stand, apply the front wheel brake and vigorously compress the fork
several times to align the fork legs.
Now you can tighten the clamp screws on both fork legs to 10 Nm.
– I
– A
– K
and then the clamp screws
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off the hub.
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CAUTION
O NOT APPLY THE HAND BRAKE AS LONG AS THE FRONT WHEEL IS DISMOUNTED
LWAYS LAY THE WHEEL DOWN WITH THE BRAKE DISK FACING UP TO AVOID
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DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE DISK
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to the speedometer drive. To mount the front
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, leading the speedometer cable upwards parallel to
WARNING
F YOU DO NOT HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH FOR ASSEMBLY
KTM
RECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
WHEEL SPINDLE CAN CAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE
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BECOME INSTABLE
FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
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FEEL THE PRESSURE POINT
EEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE OF OIL AND GREASE
WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED
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on the left fork leg. Loosen the collar nut
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on the right fork leg.
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engage in the slots in the drive.
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on the right fork leg
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HAVE THE TORQUES COR
WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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S HANDLING PERFORMANCE TO
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ALWAYS APPLY THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL YOU
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OTHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECT
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