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Ducati Diavel Owners Manual: Adjusting the position of the gearchange and rear brake pedals

Ducati Diavel Owners Manual / Controls / Adjusting the position of the gearchange and rear brake pedals

The position of the gearchange and rear brake pedals in relation to the footrests can be adjusted to suit the requirements of the rider.

Adjust the pedals as follows:

Gear change pedal (fig. 97) Hold the linkage (1) and slacken the lock nuts (2) and (3).

Adjusting the position of the gearchange and rear brake


Note


Nut (2) has a left-hand thread.

Fit an open-end wrench to hexagonal element of linkage (1) and rotate until setting pedal in the desired position.

Tighten both check nuts onto linkage.

Rear brake pedal

Loosen counter nut (7).

Turn pedal stroke adjusting screw (6) until pedal is in the desired position.

Tighten the counter nut (7).

Operate the pedal by hand to check that there is 1.5 To 2 mm of freeplay before the brake bites.

If not, adjust the length of the master cylinder pushrod as follows.

Slacken off the counter nut (10) on the pushrod.

Screw the pushrod (8) into the front fork (9) to increase the freeplay, or screw it out to reduce it.

Tighten the counter nut (10) and recheck the pedal freeplay.

Rear brake pedal


Gear change pedal
When released, the gear change pedal (1, fig. 96) Automatically returns to rest position n in the centre. This is indicated by the instrument panel light n (2, fig. 4) Coming on. The pedal can be ...

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