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Racing manual
Öhlins super bike front fork FG 9700
Including:
Setting up
your fork
Changing
springs
and seals
Service
the fork
Trouble
shooting
Technical
info
Spare parts
& tools
Traction, handling,
comfort and safety
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Contents Introduction Öhlins super bike Introduction __________________ 2 The Öhlins front forks use a Cartridge front fork FG 9700 Setting up your forks system for damping. This gives a damp- Spring preload adjustment ______ 3 ing force which depends on the speed Rebound adjustment of the piston in the cartridge system. Compression adjustment The combination of spring and air- Changing springs gap (oil level) gives a possibility to ad- Changing seals just the characteristic of the fork to suit
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Each turn gives 1 mm in preload, maxi- Changing springs 11 mum preload is 18 mm. 1 Install the two blue nuts. 4 12 Loosen the screws that hold the fork The best way to check the ”static sag” legs in the upper triple clamps. Loosen the preload tube, and bring it is to put the bike on the ground in run- 2 to its correct position in the adjustment ning condition. housing. Loosen the adjustment housings (pos Measure the distance between the bot- Tighten the lower lock nut gently, and 7, page 7) abou
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compressed air. are common in Road Racing and how NOTE! to solve them. When measuring the oil level, always A Assembly of the forks have the spring installed. The front wheel ”chatters” entering 1 Measure the oil level using the top of a corner, the problem goes away, as the outer tube as the zero mark. Note Apply a thin layer of Öhlins green soon as you let the brakes off, or the measurement. grease (148-01) on the scraper ring when you get on the power. and on the sealing surfaces of the fork
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1 Air spring characteristics Not enough rebound damping. Put on some more rebound damping. Oil level 100 mm Oil level 110 mm 2 Oil level 120 mm Oil level 130 mm Too much preload. Take off some 500 preload. 450 3 400 Rear end is too soft. Put on a harder 350 rear spring. 300 4 250 Front end is too high. Lower the front 200 end by pulling the fork legs through the 150 triple clamps. 100 50 As mentioned in the beginning, the 0 whole bike setup affects the front forks. Try to understand the feelings
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Spare parts Fig. Part No. Description Pieces 1-01 00338-65 O-ring 2 1-02 01460-33 Preload tube 2 1-03 01438-02 Guide ring 2 1-04 01596-90 Spring, 230/0.90 2 1-04 01596-10 Spring, 230/1.0 2 1-04 01596-95 Spring, 230/0.95 2 1-05 01689-02 Fork leg outer 2 1-06 01627-01 Bushing 2 1-07 01626-01 Bushing 2 1-08 01552-01 Washer 2 1-09 01524-01 Seal 2 1-10 01553-01 Circlip 2 1-11 01565-01 Stroke indicator 1 1-12 00338-63 O-ring 1 1-13 01656-01 Cylinder tube 2 1-14 01525-02 Fork leg inner 2 1-15 01046-19
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Spare parts Fig. Part No. Description Pieces 2-01 01059-04 Nut 2 2-02 01059-05 Nut 2 2-03 01437-01 Thrust washer 2 2-04 01403-01 Thrust needle bearing 4 2-05 01437-01 Thrust washer 2 2-06 00338-22 O-ring 2 2-07 01468-02 Adjustment housing 2 2-08 01437-01 Thrust washer 2 2-09 01403-01 Thrust needle bearing 4 2-10 01404-01 Thrust washer 2 2-11 01408-01 Adjustment driver 2 2-12 01473-01 Circlip 2 2-13 00577-01 O-ring 2 2-14 01467-01 Adjustment screw 2 2-15 01474-01 Spring 2 2-16 00884-04 Ball 4 2-
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Öhlins distributors Motorcycles AUSTRALIA SLOVENIA Steve Cramer Proucts, BRAESIDE, Tel. +61 3 9587 1466, Fax. +61 3 9587 2018 Moto ZIP trgovina d.o.o, KRANJ, Tel: +386 64 26 85 15, Fax: +386 64 26 85 14 AUSTRIA SOUTH AFRICA Motopart Handelsges. m.b.H., WIEN, Tel. +43 1 667 6628, Fax. +43 1 667 0696 Technical Motor Products, MIDRAND, Tel. +27 11 805 2471, Fax. +27 11 315 0472 CANADA SPAIN S. Hansen Racing Products, EDMONTON, Tel. +1 403 466 8653, Fax. +1 403 465-9483 Zacatin S.A., TORREJON DE ARD
