NHTSA ID Number: 10115919
Manufacturer Communication Number: SRV-TTB-13-71
TSB/Document Date: 2017-08-25
Summary
1199 Panigale R_Adjusting Swingarm Shaft Height_ING - This tips and tricks technical bulletin provides correct height adjustment for the supplemental to previous training course provided by Ducati. Associated instructions, illustrations, and diagrams are also included.
Date:
09/05/2013
Subject:
ADJUS
STING THE
E SWINGA
ARM SHA
AFT HEIGH
HT
Models::
1199 PANIGALE R (all cou
untry versiions)
Deaar Dealers,
in aaddition to the
t technical course p
provided by DMH on th
he model 1 199 Paniga
ale R we
herreby send you
y
the ins
structions ffor the corrrect height adjustmennt of the sw
wingarm
fasttening points to the en
ngine.
The
e 1199 Paniigale R offers four heig
ght adjustm
ment levels of
o the swinggarm shaft: starting
from
m level 0 th
hat corresponds to the
e standard set-up whic
ch the motoorcycle is delivered
d
with it is posssible to incrrease by 2 mm or dec
crease by 2 or 4 mm tthe swingarrm shaft
heig
ght.
The
e adjustmen
nt procedurre must be carried outt by thoroughly follow
wing the the
e phases
desscribed here
eafter:
1) Rear side height measureme
m
ent
ge
2) Swingaarm shaft height chang
3) Adjusting the rear side heightt
4) Adjusting the finall drive chain
n tension
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1) R
REAR SIDE
E HEIGHT MEASUREM
M
MENT
• Lift the motorcycle
e rear side with appropriate equipment unti l the rear wheel
w
is
lifted from the ground.
• Push the
e rear wheel downwaards in orde
er to win th
he counter--spring force of the
rear shocck absorberr.
• Measure
e the distan
nce X betw
ween two fixed reference points:: one near the rear
wheel sh
haft and the
e other on t he rear sub
bframe.
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2) S
SWINGARM SHAFT HEIGHT
H
CH
HANGE
CAU
UTION
The
e height adjustm ent of the
t
swin
ngarm sh
hafts must be
perfformed on
n both sid
des of the motorcycle.
The
e following
g operatio
ons descriibe the ad
djusting p
procedure of the
swingarm sh
haft heightt on the le
eft side, re
epeat ALW
WAYS the
e same
ope
erations allso on the
e right side
e.
• Remove the lower side fairing
g (1) on the
e left side.
• Loosen the
t central screw (2) of the swin
ngarm shaft.
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• Loosen the
t screw (3)
( of the sw
wingarm sh
haft clamp.
• Remove the anti-rottation pin (4
4) of the sw
wingarm sha
aft.
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• Set the desired
d
valu
ue of the sw
wingarm sha
aft height:
· 0 Æ + 2 (the swingarm shafft height is increased by
b 2 mm witth respect to
t STD);
· 0 Æ - 2 (the swin
ngarm shaftt height is decreased
d
by
b 2 mm wiith respect to STD);
· 0 Æ - 4 (the swin
ngarm shaftt height is decreased
d
by
b 4 mm wiith respect to STD);
by turnin
ng the sha
aft (5) with
h a 19 mm
m hexagon socket (99) until the desired
reference value is re
eached.
• By still keeping th
he 19 mm hexagon socket (9)) inserted to avoid th
he shaft
a
n spin (4) of
o the swingarm shaft and tighten it to a
rotation, start the anti-rotation
torque of 10 Nm ± 10%.
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• Tighten the
t central screw (2) of the swin
ngarm shaft to a torquee of 80 Nm ± 5%.
• Tighten the
t screw (3)
( of the sw
wingarm sh
haft clamp to a torque oof 8 Nm ± 5%.
5
• Reassem
mble the low
wer side fa
airing (1) on
n the left sid
de.
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3) A
ADJUSTIN
NG THE REA
AR SIDE HE
EIGHT
T
The rear height
h
chan
nge of the motorcycle
e is perforrmed by chhanging the shock
aabsorber ce
entre distan
nce.
• Remove cover (6) of the electtric system support on
n the left sidde.
• The shocck absorberr centre disstance changes by loos
sening the llight blue lock
l
nut
(7) and by working
g on the g
grey nut (8
8) of the shock absorrber itself: through
ng of the lattter the sho
ock absorbe
er centre distance will be lengthe
ened and
tightenin
the rear height will be thereforre increased, on the co
ontrary by l oosening such nut,
e decreased
d and so wiill the rear height.
h
the shocck absorber centre disttance will be
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• Screw or
o loosen the grey nut (8) un
ntil distance X is resstored which was
previoussly measure
ed between
n the the tw
wo fixed re
eference pooints: one near
n
the
rear whe
eel shaft and the other on the rearr subframe.
• Once th
he correct height
h
of t he rear sid
de is restorred, tightenn the lock nut (7)
against nut
n (8) to av
void that th e latter cha
anges its po
osition durinng the opera
ation.
• Reassem
mble cover (6) of the e
electric systtem supportt on the leftt side.
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4) A
ADJUSTIN
NG THE FIN
NAL DRIVE CHAIN TEN
NSION
• Set the vehicle
v
on the side sta nd.
• The adju
ustment must be perfo
ormed witho
out rider and
d any side ppanniers.
• Make the rear whee
el turn until you find th
he position where
w
chainn is tightestt.
• Place ruller at mid-w
way of chain
n lower sec
ction, push chain downnwards and
d tension
up until distance be
etween the
e aluminium
m section of the swinggarm and chain
c
pin
centre iss between 47
4 mm and 49 mm.
IMPORTA
ANT
Should the drive cha in be too te
ensioned or too loosenned, adjust it so that
the meas
surement faalls again within
w
the in
ndicated vallues. An inc
correctly
tensioned
d chain wiill lead to accelerated wear off the trans
smission
components.
• Make su
ure to tightten the two
o eccentric securing screws
s
on the swinga
arm to a
torque of 25 Nm ± 5% through
h sequence 1-2-1.
Best Re
egards,
Lucaa Crucianelli
Service Technical Spe
ecialist
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