Main Drive Removal And Installation - Dnepr MT9 Repair Manual

holding up the wheel, take out the front axle and remove the hub
deilector from the wheel;
remove the front wheel together with the brake cover;
detach the wheel from the brake cover.
Re-install the front wheel
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reverse order. When fitting the axle
l1ack in place, lubricate-it with engine oil.
To remove the rear wheel, do the following:
place the motorcycle on a support;
unfasten the ends of the rear fender hoop and the folding part.
of the rear fender;
slightly slacken the coupling bolt nut of the left-hand end piece
of the rear axle fastening;
extract the cotter pin of the axle crown nut, unscrcew the nu.t
fastening the rear axle, take out the axle and remove the hub deflec -
tor;
move the wheel to the left to gel it off lhe brake shoes, remove
the wheel from the frame. •
Fit the rear wheel back in its place in reverse order. Before re-
installing the axle, lubricate it with engine oil.
When fitting the wheel .on the brake shoes, turn it until the june-
lion splines are made to coincide.
To remove the sidecar wheel, proceed as follows:
extract the cotter pin, unscrew the nut and remove the hub de-
flector;
place a support under the sidecar frame, raise the sidecar wheel
and remove it (then remove the protective disk).
Fit the sidecar wheel back in place in reverse order aiter first
lubricating it with engine oil.
7. REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF THE MAIN DRIVE
To remove the main drive together with the propeller shaft, pro-
ceed as follows:
place the motorcycle on a support and remove the rear wheel
(refer
to
Section 6);
unscrew the nut of the rear brake rod at the brake lever;
unscrew the nuts of th e studs securing the main drive to the lug
of pendulous fork;
remove the main drive from the pendulous fork lug and
take it
down by moving it backwards . In doing so, remove the elastic coup-
ling disk to ensure the passage of the propeller shaft through the
hole in the rear wheel suspension lever. Re-install the main drive in
reverse order.
The total clearance (on either side) between the disks and the
elastic coupling must be within 3 and 6 mm. The adjustment is to
he carried out by shifting the locking ring along the grooves of the
propeller shaft with the pendulous fork in the middle position.
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