Swing arm bearing and Shock linkage Lube

Journeyman said:

Mike- yeah, no way for me to fix that, unfortunately. I took a version someone else posted and ran it through an OCR program so that you could word search. If anyone has an original copy they could share the links would work too.

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Yo Jman,
Is there a section in the manual that deals with changing Clutch Fluid and Clutch Adjustment?
My finger has been unable to locate it

mikevujcich said:

What does OP stand for.
Anyway just looking at self serving swing arm and shock linkage lubrication.
The R3 manual I have access to says you will need the tool mentioned above to reinstall the swing arm.

You are correct, correct pn is T3880183 per manual.
Mistake was caused by Triumph World listing on its site, lucky I never ordered it , thanks.
The tool seems the only real hindrance to doing swing arm and rear suspension linkage lubrication ?
Where did you get your manual btw ?
My download links don't work in mine, (from journeymans version).

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mikevujcich said:

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here you go, do you think this photo below will help you ? also the correct part number is t3880101 and not t3880183, because my manual is directly from triumph website and there was no software processed happened which can cause numbers to mix up because of OCR.

i downloaded my manual page by page from triumph paid website and it took me approximately 300 hours to do that, I downloaded approximately 1000 files for each section/job.

OP means original poster.

mikevujcich said:

Yo Jman,
Is there a section in the manual that deals with changing Clutch Fluid and Clutch Adjustment?
My finger has been unable to locate it

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You’re one of the few 2.5 riders that seems willing to dig deep into maintenance.

On page 164 it explains the process for bleeding the clutch, but you have to pull the radiator to get to it and other covers. This is best done at the 20K and 40K, etc. intervals while you’re in there. (see below)

Without the links this is where the ability to word search comes in handy. To find that in the manual I searched for “bleed clutch.”

The explanation for bleeding the clutch MC is not in the manual, but it’s the same as the procedure for the front brake MC, which is on page 1074.

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