APRILIA RS 125 TUONO - 2003 Manual page 245

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N Take the left spacer ring (8).
N Take the right spacer ring (9).
REASSEMBLY
N Moderately grease the outer seats of the
wheel hub.
Do not invert the left (8) and right
(9) spacer rings.
N Insert the left (8) and right (9) spacer rin-
gs in their seats on the wheel hub
Before proceeding with the reas-
sembly, make sure that support
plate (10) of the brake caliper
(11) is positioned correctly; the plate
slot must be inserted in the appropriate
stop pin (12) in the inner part of the rear
fork left rod.
Insert the disc in the brake caliper care-
fully.
N Position the wheel between the rear fork
rods on the support (2).
Do not introduce your fingers
between the chain and the crown
gear.
N Make the wheel advance and position
the drive chain (6) on the crown gear (7).
Danger of injury.
Do not introduce your fingers to
align the holes.
N Move the wheel backwards, until its cen-
tral hole and the holes on the rear fork
are aligned.
N Rotate the support plate (10), complete
with brake caliper (11) and with fulcrum
on the stop pin (12), until it is aligned with
the holes.
Do not invert the right (4) and left
(5) chain tighteners.
N Correctly insert the right (4) and left (5)
chain tighteners in their seats on the
fork.
N Uniformly apply a moderate quantity of
grease on the wheel pin (3).
N Introduce the wheel pin (3) completely
on the left side.
Make sure that the wheel pin (3)
is completely inserted, with the
head in the relevant seat on the left
chain tightener (5).
N Position the washer and tighten the nut
(1) manually.
N Check the chain tension, see page 54
(DRIVE CHAIN).
Tighten the nut (1).
N
Wheel nut (1) driving torque:
100 Nm (10 kgm).
After reassembly, pull the rear
b r a k e l ev e r r e p ea t e d l y a n d
check the correct functioning of
the braking system.
Check the wheel centering.
Have the driving torques, centering and
balancing of the wheel checked by your
Concessionario Ufficiale aprilia, in order
to avoid accidents that may be harmful
for you and/or other people.
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