Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha XT250N 2000 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock
absorber assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring
adjusting nut and a rebound damping
force adjusting dial.
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Never attempt to turn an adjusting
mechanism beyond the maximum
or minimum settings.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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preload
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1. Spring preload adjusting nut
2. Locknut
Spring preload
1. Loosen the locknut.
2. To increase the spring preload
and thereby harden the suspen-
sion, turn the adjusting nut in
direction a. To decrease the
spring preload and thereby soft-
en the suspension, turn the
adjusting nut in direction b.
NOTE:
8 Use the special wrench included
in the owner's tool kit to make
the adjustment.
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a. Distance A
8 The spring preload setting is
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a
determined by measuring dis-
tance A, shown in the illustration.
The longer distance A is, the
higher the spring preload; the
shorter distance A is, the lower
the spring preload.
Spring preload:
Minimum (soft):
Distance A = 36.5 mm
Standard:
Distance A = 43.5 mm
Maximum (hard):
Distance A = 48.0 mm
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