Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha Tenere XT660Z Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Adjust the spring preload as follows.
To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting ring in direction (a). To
decrease the spring preload and there-
by soften the suspension, turn the ad-
justing ring in direction (b).
TIP
Align the appropriate notch in the ad-
justing ring with the position indicator
on the shock absorber.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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1. Spring preload adjusting ring
2. Position indicator
WARNING
Never adjust the spring preload until
the exhaust system has cooled
down.
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
1
Standard:
2
Maximum (hard):
9
This shock absorber assembly con-
tains highly pressurized nitrogen
gas. Read and understand the fol-
lowing information before handling
the shock absorber assembly.
 Do not tamper with or attempt
 Do not subject the shock ab-
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 Do not deform or damage the
 Do not dispose of a damaged or
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WARNING
to open the cylinder assembly.
sorber assembly to an open
flame or other high heat source.
This may cause the unit to ex-
plode due to excessive gas
pressure.
cylinder in any way. Cylinder
damage will result in poor
damping performance.
worn-out shock absorber as-
sembly yourself. Take the shock
absorber assembly to a Yamaha
dealer for any service.
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