Removal Of The Front Forks; Overhauling The Front Forks - Ducati Monster 796 Workshop Manual

Fork - steering head: front fork
796 ABS
HANDLEBAR AND CONTROLS
Important
Bold reference numbers in this section identify parts not shown in the figures alongside the text, but which can be found in
the exploded view diagram.

Removal of the front forks

Before removing the front forks, it is first necessary to remove the following parts:
Operations
Removal of the front ABS sensor
Removal of the front brake callipers 7 - 3,
Removal of the front mudguard
Removal of the front wheel
Important
Not all the components described in this chapter are available as individual replacement parts: however they are indicated
for clearer explanation of the procedure.
Loosen the clamp screws (25) holding the fork legs to the steering head (23).
Loosen the clamp screws (24) securing the fork legs to the bottom yoke (22).
Withdraw the fork legs (2) and (1) downwards in order to carry out to all the necessary overhaul operations.

Overhauling the front forks

Note
It is advisable to loosen the top cap (7) when the fork leg is still fitted to the motorcycle.
Note
The specific tools for the revision of the fork, are described in Sect. 3 - 4,
Disassembly of the front fork right leg
Section reference
7 - 6, Replacing the front phonic
wheel sensor
Removal of the front brake
system
5 - 4, Removal of the front
mudguard
7 - 1, Removal of the front wheel
Specific tools for the frame.