APRILIA SHIVER 900 Service Station Manual page 302

Suspensions
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Taking care not to damage it, secure
the sleeve horizontally in a vice, using
the appropriate protection devices.
•
Extract the dust guard (4).
Specific tooling
AP8140149 Guard for assembly operations
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Remove the seeger ring (5) from inside
the sleeve.
•
Pull the stem repeatedly towards your-
self in order to remove it from the
sleeve.
•
Observing the indicated sequence, ex-
tract and remove the slider bushing (6),
the guide bushing (7), the ring (8), the
oil seal (9), the seeger ring (5) and the
dust guard (4).
Checking the components
Stem
Check that the sliding surface is not scratched or scored.
Any scoring can be removed by sanding with damp sandpaper (grain 1).
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