Cleaning And Greasing The Battery Terminals, If Necessary; (Inspections Iii And Iv); Checking And Adjusting Steering Head Bearing Play; Replacing If Necessary - BMW F 650 GS Repair Manual

Cleaning and greasing the
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battery terminals, if necessary

(Inspections III and IV)

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Note:
Disconnecting the battery clears all entries (such as
errors, adaptations) from the BMS control unit mem-
ory.
– Remove left, right and centre covers.
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Caution:
Disconnect the battery only with the ignition
switched off.
Disconnect the negative battery cable first, then the
positive cable.
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Disconnect ground cable (2) from the battery.
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Disconnect positive cable (1) from the battery.
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Clean the battery terminals and grease them with
acid-proof battery grease.
Acid-proof battery terminal grease
................................................e.g. Bosch Ft 40 V1
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Installation is the reverse of the removal proce-
dure: pay particular attention to the following.
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Caution:
Connect the positive battery cable first, then the
negative cable.
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Route the positive cable vertically (arrow) to the
battery post. Make sure that all battery cells are
visible through the inspection port in the cover.
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steering head bearing play,

replacing if necessary

(Inspections II and III)

Checking steering head bearing play

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Lift front wheel clear of the ground.
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Move fixed fork tubes forward (arrows).
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Adjust the steering head bearing if play is per-
ceptible.
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Checking and adjusting
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