Swift Tourer Owner's Handbook Manual page 195

Maintenance and Cleaning
Maintenance of Euro-Plus/Euro-Compact and
Euro-Delta.
The above semi-trailing axles come fitted with
maintenance free wheel bearings (greased and
sealed for life) and no adjustment is necessary.
Note: The hub bearing is not protected
against water ingress. Check wheel brake
linings for wear every 10,000 kilometers (6200
miles) or every 12 months via the inspection
hole
Fig. 5
(Fig. 5/Item 1). Adjust if necessary. Where
continuous travel in hilly regions or high
mileage is experienced, earlier inspection and
adjustment may be necessary.
NOTE: The flanged hub-nut, located under the
dust cap, used to keep the brake drum in situ,
is a ONE-SHOT NUT (ie. must only be used
once). If removed it must be replaced with a
NEW flanged nut - torqued to 290 ± 10 Nm
(214 +/- 1 7.5 lbs/ft). A small amount of special
mineral grease, available from AL-KO must be
applied to stub axle thread prior to fitting the
new flanged nut. After fitting excess grease
must be removed with white spirit.
The rear hexagon cap head bolt located
under the black plastic cap MUST NOT
BE DISTURBED under any circumstance.
Interference with this nut will result in
immediate tyre wear and damage to the
braking system and WILL INVALIDATE
ALL WARRANTIES. Should the rear nut
accidentally be disturbed then the complete
axle must be returned to AL-KO for resetting of
the toe-in and camber.
No attempt should be made to remove the
bearing. In the event of damage to the bearing
or drum, only the drum complete with bearing
and circlip will be available as a spare. No
grease is used in the hub other than the
mineral grease on the stub axle. No grease
should be placed in the DUST cap. This is not
a grease cap as used in all previous hubs
Spare parts
Spare parts are safety critical parts! For
this reason when fitting spare parts we
recommend the use of original AL-KO
parts or those parts that they have explicitly
approved. The reliability, safety and suitability
of parts designed especially for their products,
has been determined using a special test
procedure. In spite of constantly monitoring
the market they are unable to assess or vouch
for other products.
If repair work or servicing is required, AL-KO
have a large network of AL-KO service stations
throughout Europe.
To establish the correct spare parts required
for your axle you should always quote the axle
type (axle identification plate Fig. 1, page 189)
and Spare Part Identification no. (ETI No.),
which will be stamped onto the wheel brake
or on the identification plate (Fig. 6). Please
establish these numbers before contacting
AL-KO or a Service Agent.
Fig. 6
The AL-KO rubber suspension axle has been
designed and developed to suit all types of
road conditions and is maintenance free.
Three rubber elements are contained within
an hexagonal axle tube. These provide
suspension and have inherent damping
characteristics.
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