Installing The Front Fork - Yamaha WR450F(Y) 2009 Owner's Service Manual

INSTALLING THE FRONT FORK

1. Install:
• Front fork "1"
• Temporarily tighten the pinch bolts
(lower bracket).
• Do not tighten the pinch bolts (up-
per bracket) yet.
2. Tighten:
• Front fork cap bolt
Front fork cap bolt:
30 Nm (3.0 m•kg, 22
ft•lb)
3. Adjust:
• Front fork top end "a"
Front fork top end (stan-
dard) "a":
Zero mm (Zero in)
4. Tighten:
• Pinch bolt (upper bracket) "1"
Pinch bolt (upper brack-
et):
21 Nm (2.1 m•kg, 15
ft•lb)
• Pinch bolt (lower bracket) "2"
Pinch bolt (lower brack-
et):
21 Nm (2.1 m•kg, 15
ft•lb)
Tighten the lower bracket to speci-
fied torque. If torqued too much, it
may cause the front fork to mal-
function.
5. Install:
• Speed sensor lead "1"
• Plate 1 "2"
• Bolt (plate 1) "3"
Bolt (plate 1):
4 Nm (0.4 m•kg, 2.9 ft •
lb)
To right protector "4".
Install the speed sensor lead so that
its paint "a" directs as shown and
align the bottom "b" of the plate 1 with
the same paint.
6. Install:
• Speed sensor lead "1"
• Plate 2 "2"
• Screw (plate 2) "3"
Screw (plate 2):
0.5 Nm (0.05 m•kg, 0.36
ft•lb)
To right protector "4".
Install the plate 2 in the direction as
shown.
7. Install:
• Protector "1"
• Bolt (protector) "2"
Bolt (protector):
7 Nm (0.7 m•kg, 5.1
ft•lb)
6-22
FRONT FORK
8. Adjust:
• Rebound damping force
Turn in the damping adjuster "1" fin-
ger-tight and then turn out to the orig-
inally set position.