Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha YZF-R3 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Adjust the spring preload as follows.
1. Remove the drive chain guard by
removing the bolts and collars.
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1. Drive chain guard
2. Bolt and collar
2. To increase the spring preload
and thereby harden the suspen-
sion, turn the adjusting ring in di-
EAU68140 rection (a). To decrease the spring
preload and thereby soften the
suspension, turn the adjusting ring
in direction (b).
 Align the appropriate notch in
the adjusting ring with the po-
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sition indicator on the shock
absorber.
 Use the special wrench and
the extension bar included in
the owner's tool kit to make
the adjustment.
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1. Extension bar
2. Special wrench
3. Spring preload adjusting ring
4. Position indicator
Instrument and control functions
3. Install the drive chain guard by in-
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3 7 6 5 4
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(a)
(b)
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Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
1
Standard:
3
Maximum (hard):
7
stalling the collars and bolts, and
then tighten the bolts to the spec-
ified torque.
Tightening torque:
Drive chain guard bolt:
10 Nm (1.0 m·kgf, 7.2 ft·lbf)
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