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:
Hydraulic clutch control
Special screw
Sealing washer
Clutch master cylinder
Clutch hydraulic pipe (metal braid)
Screw
Spare stand
Washer
Microswitch
Pin
Bleed valve
Screw
Roller
O-ring
Clutch control rod
Clutch lever
Dust cap
Bleed valve
Special screw
Sealing washer
Boot
Plug
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Background setting function for the dashboard on tank - dashboard 1
This function allows setting the "background" of the dashboard on tank.
To access the function it is necessary to view the ""setting" menu", using
buttons (1) "s" or (2) "t" select the "back
light" function and press the reset button (3) to enter the following page.
Use button (1) "s" or (2 ...
Renewal of the cooling fan
Loosen the electro-fan retaining screws (15) and (17) and remove the
electro-fan (18) from the radiator.
Carry out the same procedure for the other radiator's electro-fan.
On refitting, position the coolant radiator fan (18) as shown on the fan support
(16), so that the three fan holes mat ...