Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha TDM900 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring and rebound and compression
damping force adjusting knobs.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Spring preload
1
9
8
(b)
(a)
2
1. Spring preload adjusting ring
2. Special wrench
3. Position indicator
To increase the spring preload and
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EAU15032 thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting ring in direction (a). To de-
crease the spring preload and thereby
soften the suspension, turn the adjust-
ing ring in direction (b).
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
ECA10101
1
Standard:
5
Maximum (hard):
9
Rebound damping force
3
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
To increase the rebound damping force
and thereby harden the rebound damp-
ing, turn the adjusting knob in direction
(a). To decrease the rebound damping
force and thereby soften the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting knob in di-
rection (b).
Compression damping force
(a)
(b)
1
To increase the compression damping
3-19
Rebound damping setting:
Minimum (soft):
20 clicks in direction (b)*
Standard:
12 clicks in direction (b)*
Maximum (hard):
3 clicks in direction (b)*
* With the adjusting knob fully turned in
direction (a)
(a)
(b)
1
1. Compression damping force adjusting
knob
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9