Removal Of The Front Forks; Overhauling The Front Forks - Ducati Diavel Workshop Manual

Fork - Steering head: front fork
Spare parts catalogue
Diavel ABS FRONT FORKS
Diavel ABS HANDLEBAR AND CONTROLS
Diavel Carbon FRONT FORKS
ABS
Diavel Carbon HANDLEBAR AND CONTROLS
ABS
Important
Bold reference numbers in this section identify parts not shown in the figures alongside the text, but which can be found in
the exploded view diagram.

Removal of the front forks

Before removing the front forks, it is first necessary to remove the following parts:
Operations
Remove the front brake callipers
Remove the front mudguard
Remove the front wheel
Loosen the clamp screws (1) holding the fork legs to the steering head (3).
Loosen the clamp screws (2) and (26) securing the fork legs to the bottom yoke (4).
Withdraw the fork legs (5) and (6) downwards in order to carry out to all the necessary overhaul operations.

Overhauling the front forks

Note
It is advisable to loosen the top cap (14) when the fork is still fitted to the motorcycle.
Note
The specific tools for the revision of the fork, are described in Sect. 3 - 4,
Loosen the spring preload adjuster before unscrewing the plug (14).
Unscrew the top cap (14) complete with the rebound damping adjuster.
Section reference
7 - 3, Removal of the front brake
system
5 - 4, Removal of the front
mudguard
7 - 1, Removal of the front wheel
Specific tools for the frame.