(Ix)Adjustment Of Toe-In Of Front Wheel - ATV 200 Service Manual

(IX)Adjustment of toe-in of front wheel

1.Rest the motorcycle on the flat ground
2.Measurement:
.Toe-in
.Adjust if out of specification
.Adjustment steps of toe-in.
.Mark the centers of tire thread of two front
wheels.
.Lift the front end of motorcycle to keep the
front wheel from force.
.Fasten the steering forward. Measure the width
between two marks.
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.Rotate the front tire by 180 up to the marks
are in reverse.
.Measure the width B between two marks.
.Calculate the toe-in with the following formula
toe-in=B-A
Standard value of toe-in:0.5mm
.If the toe-in is not correct, please adjust.
3.Adjusting
Adjusting steps of toe-in:
.Mark determination marks at the end of left/
right tension rod.
.Loosen the locking nuts at the end of left/right
tension rod.
.Left/right tension rods should turn the same
turns left or right up to obtain in the specified
toe-in and make the left/right tension rods are
the same in strength.
Tighten up the the locking nuts at the end of
left/right tension rod.
Torque of locking nut :30N.m
Caution
.Make sure that left/right tension rods have
turned the same turns. Otherwise the motor-
cycle will still go forward left and right even
though. Operate the motorcycle to go forward
straightly with steering bar, easily causing to
getting out of control and accident.
.After adjusting the toe-in correctly drive the
motorcycle to move forward a span of distance
by fastening the steering bar so as to make sure
if the steering bar is normal, if not, adjust the
tension rod left or right within the specification.
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