Drive Chain Slack Adjustment - Yamaha Virago XV125S Owner's Manual

PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND MINOR REPAIR
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1. Rear brake pedal free play adjusting nut
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Drive chain slack adjustment

5 1. Loosen the rear brake pedal
free play adjusting nut.
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1. Cotter pin
2. Alignment marks
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3. Locknut
4. Chain adjusting nut
5. Axle nut
2. Remove the cotter pin from
the axle nut.
3. Loosen the axle nut.
4. Loosen the chain adjusting
locknuts on each side of the
swingarm.
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Too little chain slack will overload
the engine and other vital parts.
Keep the slack within the specified
limits.
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To tighten the chain, turn the
chain adjusting nuts in direc-
tion a. To loosen the chain,
turn the chain adjusting nuts in
direction b and push the
wheel forward. Turn
chain adjusting nut exactly the
same amount to maintain cor-
rect axle alignment. There are
marks on each side of the
swingarm. Use these marks to
align the rear wheel.
5. After adjusting, be sure to
tighten each chain adjusting
locknut. Then tighten the axle
nut to the specified torque.
Tightening torque:
Axle nut:
105 Nm (10.5 m·kg)
each
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