Rear Suspension Adjustment; Rear Swingarm Removal And Installation - Suzuki AN400 Service Manual

WARNING
!
• Be sure to wear protective glasses since
drilling chips and oil may fly off with
blowing gas when the drill bit has
penetrated through the body.
• Make sure to drill at the specified position.
Otherwise, pressurized oil many spout out
forcefully.
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Rear Suspension Adjustment

After installing the rear suspension, adjust the spring
pre-load as follows.
Spring Pre-load Adjustment
1) Keep the motorcycle upright with the center stand.
2) Remove the adjuster cover.
3) Turn the spring tension ring to the desired position.
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1. Cover
CAUTION
!
Position "1" provides the softest spring
tension and position "7" provides the stiffest.
STD position
Position "3"
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I649G1230009-02
B705H12306005
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I705H1230036-01
2. Adjuster

Rear Swingarm Removal and Installation

Removal
1) Raise the rear wheel resting center-stand and using
jack.
CAUTION
!
Fix the frame to be stabilized.
2) Remove the muffler. Refer to "Exhaust Pipe / Muffler
Removal and Installation in Section 1K (Page1K-2)".
3) Loosen the rear axle nut (1) while depressing the
rear brake pedal.
4) Remove the rear brake hose clamps (2) and rear
brake caliper (3).
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5) Remove the rear swingarm (4) by removing the rear
swingarm mounting bolts (5) and rear axle nut.
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CAUTION
!
Do not operating the rear brake lever and
brake-lock lever with the rear brake caliper
removed.
6) Remove the collar from the swingarm.
Rear Suspension: 2C-6
B705H12306024
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1
I705H1230023-04
5
I705H1230024-03