Ducati Diavel Service Manual: General maintenance indications
Useful tips
Ducati recommends that you follow the instructions below in order to prevent
problems and obtain the best end result:
- When diagnosing faults, primary consideration should always be given to
what the customer reports about motorcycle
operation since this information can highlight anomalies; your questions to
the customer concerning symptoms of the
fault should be aimed at clarifying the problem;
- Diagnose the problem systematically and accurately before proceeding
further. This manual provides the theoretical
background for troubleshooting; this basis must be combined with personal
experience and attendance at periodic
training courses held by ducati;
- Repair work should be planned carefully in advance to prevent any
unnecessary downtime, for example obtaining the
required spare parts or preparing the necessary tools, etc.;
- Limit the number of operations needed to access the part to be repaired.
Note that the disassembly procedures in this
manual describe the most efficient way to reach the part to be repaired.
General advice on repair work
- Always use top quality tools. When lifting the motorcycle, only use
devices that comply fully with the relevant european
directives.
- When working on the motorcycle, always keep the tools within reach,
ideally in the order required, and never put them
on the motorcycle or in hard-to-reach or inaccessible places.
- The workplace must be kept clean and tidy at all times.
- Always replace gaskets, sealing rings and split pins with new parts.
- When loosening or tightening nuts or screws, always start with the
largest or start from the centre; tighten nuts and
screws to the specified tightening torque working in a crosswise sequence.
- Always mark any parts and positions which might easily be confused at
the time of reassembly.
- Use exclusively ducati original replacement parts and the recommended
brands of lubricants.
- Use special service tools where specified.
- Ducati technical bulletins often contain updated versions of the service
procedures described in this manual. Check the
latest bulletins for details.
Carbon monoxide
When a maintenance operation must be performed with the engine running, maker
sure that the working area is wellventilated.
Never run the engine in an enclosed space.
Warning
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Identification data
Diavel identification data
Each ducati motorcycle has two identification numbers -the frame number and
the engine number- and an ec nameplate
(a) (not present on the us versio ...
Other materials:
Indicating devices
Checking the indicating devices
In the event of a fault, the internal connections of the device must be
checked in all operating conditions. To do this, it is
necessary to disconnect the switch connector from the main wiring harness (sect.
6 - 1, Routing of wiring on frame).
Then analyse th ...
Removal of belly fairing
Loosen and remove the screws (5) and (8) that secure the oil cooler (7) to
the rh (1) and lh (2) belly fairings.
Remove the lh belly fairing (2) by loosening the screws (3) with relevant
washers (4) and the screws (12).
Follow the same procedure to remove the rh belly fairi ...
Reassembly of the clutch-side crankcase cover
Fit the plug (14) and the gasket (13). Fit the plug (17) and the gasket (15).
If the bush has been replaced, fully seat the new bush (7) in the slot in the
cover using a suitable drift and a press.
If the sealing ring (8) needs to be renewed, fit the new seal into the crankcase
cover, po ...