FINAL DRIVE 11-5

Special Tools

11-6 FINAL DRIVE

Drive Chain

Drive• Chain Slack Inspection

Refer to the Drive Chain Slack Inspection in the Periodic Maintenance chapter.

Drive• Chain Slack Adjustment

Refer to the Drive Chain Slack Adjustment in the Periodic Maintenance chapter.

Drive• Chain Wear Inspection

Refer to the Drive Chain Wear Inspection in the Periodic Maintenance chapter.

Drive• Chain Lubrication

Refer to the Drive Chain Lubrication in the Periodic Maintenance chapter.

Drive• Chain Removal

Remove:

Rear Wheel (see Wheels/Tires chapter)

Chain Cover Screws [A]

Chain Cover [B]

Mud Guard [C] (see Frame chapter)

Swingarm (see Suspension chapter)

Engine Sprocket Cover (see this chapter)

•Disengage the drive chain [A] from the engine sprocket [B], and take it off the chassis.

Drive• Chain Installation

•Engage the drive chain to the engine sprocket. Install:

Swingarm (see Suspension chapter)

Rear Wheel (see Wheels/Tires chapter)

Engine Sprocket Cover (see this chapter)

Mud Guard (see Frame chapter)

• Chain Cover

Adjust the chain slack after installing the chain (see Drive Chain Slack Adjustment).

FINAL DRIVE 11-7

Drive Chain

Drive• Chain Replacement

Remove:

Chain Cover (see Drive Chain Removal)

Engine Sprocket Cover (see Engine Sprocket Removal)

EK JOINT TOOL #50

Body [A]

Handlebar [B]

Cutting & Riveting Pin [C]

For Cutting [D]

For Riveting [E]

Plate Holder (A) [F]

Plate Holder (B) [G]

Gauge [H]

•Grind [A] pin head to make it flat.

•Set cutting & riveting pin [B] as shown.

•Screw pin holder until it touches chain pin.

•Be sure that cutting pin hits center of chain pin.

•Screw handlebar [A] into body.

•Turnpin. pin holder with wrench [B] clockwise to extract chain

11-8 FINAL DRIVE

Drive Chain

•Replace the link pin, link plate and grease seals.

•Apply grease to the link pins [A] and grease seals [B] [C].

•Engage the drive chain on the engine and rear sprockets.

•Insert the link pins in the drive chain ends.

•Install the grease seals [C].

•Install the link plate so that the mark [D] faces out.

•Push link plate by hand or plier to fix it.

•In case of O-ring chain, be sure to set O-rings correctly.

•Set plate holder (A) [A] and plate holder (B) [B] on the body.

•Fit plate holder (A) to link plate.

•Turn pin holder by hand until plate holder (B) touches the other link plate.

•Turn pin holder by wrench clockwise until two pins of link

•come into groove of plate holder (A). Take off plate holder.

•Set plate holder (B) [A] and cutting & riveting pin [B] as shown.