| Product Details- 80 Pages
- 89 Photos & Illustrations
- Paperback
- Colour
- Published in 2011
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| Caring for your Scooter - How to maintain & service your 49cc to 125cc twist & go scooter
By Fry Trevor | Features • Written in clear and concise layman's terms
• Full colour photographs throughout
• Tackles the basics
• Not overly technical
• Written for both the beginner and more experienced rider
• Not marque-specific
• Nothing else like it on the market
• All tasks carried out with basic tools
• Pays for itself in one oil change!
Description This book is aimed at the rider who wants to do his or her own basic scooter maintenance and servicing without the need for in-depth mechanical knowledge, or a technical manual. It covers areas such as oil, brakes, tyres, transmission, electrics, etc, allowing the owner to address the most regularly serviced items without forking out for additional costs. Illustrated with full colour photographs throughout, and featuring clear, easy-to-follow instructions, this book is a must-have for scooter users.
Synopsis
With fuel costs and parking charges forever rising, it's no wonder consumers are turning towards cheaper forms of travel. Enter the twist-and-go scooter! Cheap to run, fun to ride, and ideal for those little ‘pop to the shop' trips, and also for the 16-year-old getting to school. Unfortunately, there is a downside – the cost of servicing and maintaining your machine. It costs a garage the same to service your scooter as it does a 1000cc motorcycle, because it's charged on the time taken, plus the parts required.
Here's where this invaluable book can help, by showing you how to do basic servicing and maintenance. Not only will you have the satisfaction of doing otherwise-expensive jobs yourself, you will also have learnt something along the way – and recouped the cost of this book (and a bit more besides) with your first oil change.
Period covered: 1995 - present | Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Who is this book for?
Why buy this book?
What’s covered
What’s not covered
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your scooter details
Safety
Daily before you ride
Check lights
Check brakes
Check engine oil level
Check coolant level
Check tyres
Check fuel oil level
Recommended tools
Extras if you have them
Mobile phone with camera/digital camera
ONE - MAINTENANCE
Section A: Fluids
1: Oils/filters – change intervals
2: Checking/topping up/changing engine oil and oil filter
Engine oil top up
Oil change/oil filter change
3: Hydraulic brakes/brake fluid
Checking operation & topping up
Changing brake fluid (bleeding the brake)
4: Transmission oil (may also be described as gear oil or final drive oil)
5: Coolant (water-cooled scooters)
Checking and topping up
Section B: Brakes
1: How brakes work
Drum brakes (front and rear, lever-operated)
Drum brakes (rear, pedal-operated)
Disc brakes
2: Adjusting non-hydraulic brakes
Adjustment at lever end of the brake cable
Adjustment at wheel end of the brake cable
Fitting a new brake cable
3: Replacing brake shoes
Rear brake shoes
Front brake shoes
4: Checking disc pads
Front and back
5: Replacing disc brake pads
Front brake
Rear brakes
Section C: Sparkplug
1: Removal, examination, cleaning and refitting
Removal
Examination
Cleaning
Refitting
Section D: Drivebelt (transmission)
1: Inspection
Section E: Exhaust
Section F: Carburettor adjustments
1: Idle speed adjustment
2: Throttle cable adjustment
3: Carburettor jet checking and adjusting
Section G: Battery
1: Battery checking, maintenance and charging
Checking
Maintenance
Charging
Section H: Main fuse
Section I: Lights
1: Headlight adjustment
2: Changing bulbs
Headlight
Riding light
Indicators (turn signal lights)
Rear light
Separate LED brake/stop light unit
Section J: Tyres
Section K: Air filter
1: Removal,examination and cleaning
Section L: Body panels
1: Removal
2: Body panel repair
TWO - DRIVE SAFELY
Section M: Cleaning your scooter
Section N: Other safety checks
1: Checking the wheel bearings
Front wheel
Rear wheel
2: Checking swinging arm bearings
3: Steering head bearings
4: Suspension
THREE - TROUBLESHOOTING
Torque settings
Main torque wrench settings
Standard torque wrench settings
FOUR - TORQUE SETTINGS
Main torque wrench settings
Standard torque wrench settings
FIVE - RESOURCES
Magazines
Importers/dealers
INDEX |
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