Dismounting And Mounting The Front Wheel; Dismounting And Mounting The Rear Wheel - KTM 125 EXE 2001 Owner's Handbook Manual

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Dismounting and mounting the front wheel *

To remove the front wheel, jack the motorcycle up on its frame so that the
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front wheel no longer touches the ground.
Loosen both clamp screws
nuts
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Hold the front wheel and withdraw the wheel spindle
Note: The wheel spindle can be withdrawn more easily by turning it mode-
rately with a 6 mm ALLAN/IMBUS key while pulling.
Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take the speedometer drive
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off the hub.
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D
O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
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LWAYS PLACE THE WHEEL ON THE GROUND WITH THE BRAKE DISC POINTING UPWARDS
O
THERWISE THE BRAKE DISC MAY BE DAMAGED
Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease sealing ring
ning surface
To mount the front wheel, lift it into the fork. Insert the speedometer drive
into the hub. Make sure the driving tabs
speedometer drive.
Position the front wheel and the speedometer drive or distance brushing
and mount the wheel spindle.
Mount collar nut
dometer shaft will curve upwards in a slight bow (see pict.) and tighten
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collar nut to 40 Nm (30 ft.lb).
Take the motorcycle off the stand and bounce the fork hard a few times to
align the fork legs.
Then tighten clamping screws
– I
F YOU DON
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
POSSIBLE
MOTORCYCLE
– A
FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
– I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED

Dismounting and mounting the rear wheel *

Jack the motorcycle up by the frame so that the rear wheel no longer tou-
ches the ground. Loosen the collar nut
the rear wheel pull out the wheel spindle
the brake caliper support is still held. Push the rear wheel as far forward as
possible, take the chain from the chain sprocket and carefully take the rear
wheel out of the swing arm.
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– D
O NOT OPERATE THE FOOT BRAKE WHEN THE REAR WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
– W
HEN THE WHEEL SPINDLE IS DISMOUNTED
SPINDLE AND COLLAR NUT THOROUGHLY AND APPLY A NEW COAT OF GREASE TO
PREVENT THE THREAD FROM JAMMING
The rear wheel is remounted in reverse order. Before tightening the collar
nut with 80 Nm (60 ft.lb), push the rear wheel forwards so that the chain
tensioners lie on the tension screws.
– I
F YOU DON
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
. A
BLE
YOUR MOTORCYCLE
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– A
FTER MOUNTING THE REAR WHEEL
PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
– I
T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND GREASE
WISE THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
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on the left fork leg. Then loosen the collar
before loosening the clamp screws
CAUTION
!
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at the speedometer drive.
1
, turn speedometer drive in a way that the flexible spee-
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to a max. torque of 10 Nm (7 ft.lbs).
WARNING
'
T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
. A
LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR
.
,
KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
.
!
CAUTION
.
WARNING
'
T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
LOOSE WHEEL SPINDLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF
.
,
KEEP OPERATING THE FOOTBRAKE UNTIL THE
.
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on the right fork leg.
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.
!
.
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and run-
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engage with the slots of the
,
MAKE SURE YOU
KTM
DEALER AS SOON AS
.
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, remove chain tensioner
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until the rear wheel is free but
!
,
CLEAN THE THREADS OF THE WHEEL
,
MAKE SURE YOU
KTM
DEALER AS SOON AS POSSI
,
.
.
.
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, hold
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