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Fig. 6.41
CD
Seat
lat ch
®
Battery
strap
®
Battery
Fig
.
6
.
42
CD
Upper
le
ve
l
mark
®
lower
leve
l
mark
®
Yellow
cap
Fig.
6. 43
Retightening spoke
CD
Torque
wrench
6.
INSPECTIO
N
AND
ADJUSTMENT
a.
Access
to
the
battery
is
by releasing the
seat
latch
(D
on the front end
under
the
seat
and
raising at
the
front. Us
e the
stay which
is attached to the under
sid
e
of the seat to
hold
the
seat
in
the
raised
position.
(Fig.6.
4 J)
b.
Electrol
y
te
level must
be
abo
ve
the
lowe
r
level.
W
hen
the level
is
low pour
in distilled
wa
ter
to
the upper
level.
(Fig.
6.
42)
c.
Distilled
wa
ter
should
be poured
into
the
frllers
aft er
removing
the
battery
strap
and
the
ye
llow cap.
The
lev
el
of
all
six
should
be
the
same.
NOTE:
( 11
When
rep lenishing
elec
tro
ly te,
do not use
dilute sulfuric
ac
id.
12)
When
the
electrolyt
e
dec
reases
quickly,
check the
charge.
13)
Insure that the
brealh
e r
tube
is not clogged.
14)
W hen
removing
the
batter
y, frrst
remove
the
(
-
)
side
termina
l,
and
then
the
(
+)
side
terminal.
If
not, it may cause shortcircuit,
shack
or apply
on unreasonabl
e
load to the
battery
.
15) Grease
around
!h
e
terminals slightly
to
preve
nt
cor
rosion.
(6)
Battery (
+
)
or
(-1
side
lead
w
ire should
be
frrmly
tightened.
F.
Checking Parts
FOi
Tightness
1.
Important
Nuts and
Bo
lts
Some
nuts and
bo
lts
loosen due to
vibration
or
normal wear.
To
prevent
this,
the
major
parts
(shown in
the
following
tab
le)
must
be
retightened.
Use a lorque wrench
for
retighten
ing,
and
tighten
with the
proper
torque.
2.
Spokes
If
the
motorcycl
e is
driven w
ith loose wheel
spokes the
rims
and
other
spokes
are
weakened
.
For this
reason,
loos
e
spokes should be
retightened
every 9 600 km
!6000 mi lesl.
With the
fronl
wheel lifted,
turn the
wheel,
and retighten
loo
se spoke
nipples
properly
so
that al
l
are
tigh
tened equally.
Use the nipple
wren
ch. (Fig. 6.43)
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