Shock Absorber Adjusters - Ducati MONSTER S4R S Use And Maintenance Manual

Shock absorber adjusters

(fig. 23, fig. 24,
MS4R
fig. 25 and fig. 26)
The rear shock absorber has external adjusters that
enable you to adjust your motorcycle suspension to suit
the load conditions.
The adjuster (1 fig. 23 and fig. 25) located on the lower end
of the shock absorber near where it is attached to the
swingarm serves to adjust rebound damping.
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Adjuster (2 fig. 24 and fig. 26) on the rear shock absorber
expansion reservoir is used to adjust compression damping.
Turn the adjusters (1 and 2) clockwise to increase damping,
or counterclockwise to reduce damping.
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STANDARD setting (MS4R):
1
starting with the adjusters rotated fully clockwise, turn
fig. 23
adjuster (1) 12 clicks and adjuster (2) 12 clicks.
Spring preload: 19 mm.
STANDARD setting (MS4RS):
MS4R
starting with the adjusters rotated fully clockwise, turn
adjuster (1) 10 clicks and adjuster (2) 12 clicks.
Spring preload: 11 mm.
The two nuts (3 fig. 24 and fig. 26) on the upper part of
3
the shock absorber serve to adjust the preload on the
external spring.
To change spring preload, slacken off the upper ring nut.
2
Then tighten or loosen the lower ring nut to increase or
decrease spring preload as required. Once the desired
spring preload has been set, lock down the upper ring nut.
fig. 24
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