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Ducati Diavel Service Manual: Removal of the front forks

Before removing the front forks, it is first necessary to remove the following parts:


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.

Removal of the front forks


Steering head: front fork
Screw Screw Steering head Bottom yoke Left fork leg assembly Right fork leg assembly Counter nut Damper assembly Bush Spring Preload tube Collar Washer Top cap assembl ...

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, Specific too ...

Other materials:

Battery voltage indicator (battery)
This function describes the battery voltage indicator. To access the function it is necessary to view the "setting" menu page 48, using button (1, fig. 14) ?"" or (2, fig. 14) ?" " select the "battery" function and press the reset button (12, fig. 12 ...

Low hands free key (hf) battery level
The activation of this (amber yellow) "warning" indicates that the hands free system has detected that the battery that permits the active key (1, fig. 62) To communicate and turn the vehicle on is almost discharged. Note In this case, ducati recommends replacing the battery as soon ...

Electric system
Basic electric items are: headlight: low beam bulb type: 1xh7 blue vision (12v-55w); high beam bulb type: 1xh1 (12v-55w); parking light: led (12v-2.4W). Electrical controls on handlebars. Turn indicators: front: led (13.5V-2.9W). Horn. Brake light switches. Sealed battery, 12v-10 ...

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