Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha TDM900 Owner's Manual

NOTE:
Make sure that the adjusting screw is
turned to one of the four settings.
Damping setting:
Minimum (soft):
1
Standard:
2
Maximum (hard):
4
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring and rebound and compression
damping force adjusting knobs.
CAUTION:
Never attempt to turn an adjusting
mechanism beyond the maximum or
minimum settings.
Spring preload
1
9
8
7
(b)
(a)
2
1. Spring preload adjusting ring
2. Special wrench
3. Position indicator
To increase the spring preload and
3-17
thereby harden the suspension, turn
EAU15030
the adjusting ring in direction (a). To de-
crease the spring preload and thereby
soften the suspension, turn the adjust-
ing ring in direction (b).
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
ECA10100
1
Standard:
5
Maximum (hard):
9
Rebound damping force
3
6
5
4
3
2
1
1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
To increase the rebound damping force
and thereby harden the rebound damp-
ing, turn the adjusting knob in direction
(a)
(b)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9