Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha YZ85 Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
WARNING
Always bleed both fork legs, other-
wise poor handling and loss of sta-
bility may result.
3. Install the bleed screws.
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Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing nut, a rebound damping force ad-
justing screw and a compression
damping force adjusting screw.
CAUTION:
Never attempt to turn an adjusting
mechanism beyond the maximum or
minimum settings.
Spring preload
Adjust the spring preload as follows.
1. Loosen the locknut.
1. Locknut
2. Spring preload adjusting nut
EAU41330 2. To increase the spring preload and
NOTE:
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thereby harden the suspension,
turn the adjusting nut in direction
(a). To decrease the spring pre-
load and thereby soften the sus-
pension, turn the adjusting nut in
direction (b).
A special wrench can be obtained
at a Yamaha dealer to make this
adjustment.
The spring preload setting is deter-
mined by measuring distance A,
shown in the illustration. The long-
er distance A is, the lower the
spring preload; the shorter dis-
tance A is, the higher the spring
preload. With each complete turn
of the adjusting nut, distance A is
changed by 1.5 mm (0.06 in).