Front Fork Mounting - Suzuki RM250 Owner's Service Manual

• Depress the fork cyl inder holder to compress the front
fork fully. Pour the specified fork oil to the top of the outer
tube Move the outer tube up and down to let out the air
babbles.
• Hold the fork in the fully compressed position by depress-
ing the fork cylinder holder. Place the oi l level gauge on
the top end of the outer tube, and measure the oil level.
Standard oil lev el 170 mm (6 .69 in)
FRONT FORK AND STEERING 15·11
9
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f-Fork cylinder
holder
Fork cylinder -
t:
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Outer tube
r-
• Remove the fork cylinder holder and tighten the fork cap Fig 2
bolt to the outer tube.
NOTE: When assembling the 'ront fork without the fork
cylinder halder, remove the old oil thrroughly by using the
pressured air and pour correctly measuhed fork oil. Use an
injector to measure the oil.
Standard oil amount
440 ml {14 ,9 / 15 .5
US/Imp ozl
NOTE: Damage to the O-ring on the fork cap can cuase
oil leaks. Replace with
a
new one in case of damage. Apply
fork oil to the O-ring of the fork cap and attach the fork cap
to the outer tube,
•
Raise the outer tube and tighten it to the fork
cap bolt,
Front Fork Mounting
• Tighten the lower bracket bolts
CD
to the specified torque.
• Tighten the friont fork cap bolts
®
to the spcified torque.
• Tighten the upper bracket bolts @ to the specified torque.
NOTE: Tighten the fork cap bolt @ before tightening the
upperbracket bolts @ to obtain the correct torque.
Tightening torque
N·m kg -m Ib-It
CD
25
2.5 18.0
0
35 3 .5 25.5
@
30 3 .0 20.0
• Remount the front w heel. (
r:7
13-2)
• Remount the caliper (
CT'
14-7)
• Remount the proctecter.
Fork cyllnd,,,
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If--r o, ' cylinder
holder
~. u'ne, tube
I+---In".,
tube