Checking The Rear Brake Pads; Replacing The Rear Brake Pads; Dismounting And Mounting The Front Wheel - KTM 125 SX Owner's Handbook Manual

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Checking the rear brake pads

The brake pads can be inspected from the rear. The thickness of the linings
may not be less than 1 mm (0.04 in).
WARNING
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T THEIR MOST WORN POINT BRAKE PAD LININGS SHOULD NOT BE THINNER THAN
OTHERWISE THEY COULD LEAD TO BRAKE FAILURE
OFF HAVING YOUR BRAKE PADS CHANGED
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F THE BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED TOO LATE SO THAT THE LINING IS PARTLY OR ENTIRELY
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WORN THE STEEL COMPONENTS OF THE BRAKE PAD WILL RUB AGAINST THE BRAKE DISC
THEREBY IMPARING THE BRAKING EFFECT AND DESTROYING THE BRAKE DISC

Replacing the rear brake pads *

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Press brake caliper in direction of chain wheel for the brake piston to
reach its basic position. Remove safety device
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from the brake caliper with a drift towards the chain wheel and remove
brake pads. Carefully clean the brake caliper with compressed air and check
sleeves of the guide pins for damage.
Slide left brake pad into the brake caliper and fix it with the pin. Slide in the
right brake pad and knock the bolt in as far as it will go. Mount safety
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device .
WARNING
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T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
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THERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECT WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
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FTER ASSEMBLY CHECK IF CIRCLIPS HAVE BEEN FITTED CORRECTLY
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AVING PERFORMED ANY WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM
ACTUATE THE HAND BRAKE LEVER OR FOOT BRAKE LEVER
ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE PADS WILL LIE AGAINST THE BRAKE DISK AND THE PRESSURE
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POINT IS ESTABLISHED

Dismounting and mounting the front wheel

– To remove the front wheel, jack the motorcycle up on its frame so that
the front wheel no longer touches the ground.
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– Loosen the collar screw
– Loosen the 4 clamping screws
– Hold the front wheel, pull out the wheel spindle
NOTICE: the wheel spindle may be pulled out more easily, if you slide an
open-end wrench (17mm) onto the flat portion
– Remove front wheel carefully from the fork and take the speedometer
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drive off the hub.
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O NOT OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN DISMOUNTED
– Prior to mounting the front wheel, clean and grease sealing ring
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running surface at the speedometer drive.
– To mount the front wheel, lift it into the fork. Insert speedometer drive
into the hub. Make sure that the driving tabs
the drive.
– Position front wheel and speedometer drive, and mount wheel spindle.
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– Mount collar screw , turn speedometer drive in a way that the flexible
speedometer shaft will curve upwards in a slight bow and tighten collar
screw to 40 Nm (30 ft.lb).
– Take the motorcycle off the stand and bounce the fork hard a few times
to align the fork legs
– Then tighten clamping screws
WARNING
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F YOU DON T HAPPEN TO HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH AT HAND
HAVE THE TIGHTENING TORQUE CORRECTED BY A
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BLE LOOSE AXLE MAY LEAD TO AN UNSTABLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF YOUR
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MOTORCYCLE
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FTER MOUNTING THE FRONT WHEEL
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PRESSURE POINT RETURNS
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T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BRAKE DISK FREE FROM OIL AND FATTY MATTERS
EITHERWISE THE BRAKING EFFECTS WOULD BE STRONGLY REDUCED
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OR YOUR OWN SAFETY DON
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CAUTION
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, knock out the guide pin
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ONE MUST ALLWAYS
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RESPECTIVELY SO AS TO
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on the fork fists.
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of the wheel spindle.
CAUTION
bk engage with the slots of
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to a max. torque of 7 Nm (5 ft.lbs)
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DEALER AS SOON AS POSSI
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KEEP OPERATING THE HAND BRAKE UNTIL THE
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