Cannondale HEADSHOK LEFTY Manuel Du Propriétaire page 9

Note: It is very important that you grease the
axle bolt threads inside the end of the axle
spindle, especially on the titanium spindles
found on Lefty ELO and DLR forks. If over-
tightened, an unlubricated bolt threaded into
a titanium struc-ture will seize, making
removal difficult or impossible without damag-
ing the bolt or spindle.
3. Slide the front wheel onto the axle spindle
with the disc side of the hub closest to the fork
leg. Make sure to press the wheel straight onto
the axle spindle so that the bolt threads will
correctly engage with the threads in the spin-
dle. Using a 5mm hex wrench, tighten the axle
bolt to 133 In-Lbs (15 Nm). See Fig. 8. It is
sometimes easiest to install the front wheel by
laying the bike down on the left side, axle
spindle facing up. Then place the hub straight
down on the spindle, and tighten the axle bolt.
4. Reinstall the brake caliper to the Lefty's
disc brake mount. You will need to first slip
the caliper over the brake rotor so that rotor
runs between the brake pads. Check to be
sure that both brake pads are in the caliper.
Then slide the top caliper bolt up into the disc
brake mount, and rotate the bottom of the
caliper clockwise into the bottom caliper bolt
slot. See Fig. 9. Be sure that the spacing
shims are on the inside of disc brake mount
(against the brake caliper body), not directly
under the head of the caliper bolts. Using a
5mm hex wrench, tighten both brake caliper
bolts to 69-78 In-Lbs (8-9 Nm).
LOCK OUT FUNCTION
(LEFTY DLR AND ELO ONLY)
Both the Lefty ELO and DLR feature on-the-fly
lock out allowing the rider to turn the shock
absorber on or off as desired. The ELO lock
Fig.8
out is activated by pushing the button
attached to the handlebar and connected to
the Lefty car-tridge by the switch wire. The
Lefty DLR lock out is activated by turning the
black lock out knob located atop the Lefty leg
clockwise to lock out the sus-pension action of
the fork, or counter-clockwise to activate the
suspension.
ON-THE-FLY DAMPING ADJUSTMENT
(LEFTY DLR ONLY)
Lefty DLR cartridges allow "on-the-fly" adjust-
ment of the low speed (small bump) damping
by means of the red damping dial located in
the center of the larger black lock out knob.
Turning the small red dial all the way counter-
clockwise adjusts the damping to its most
open, compliant setting (minimum damping.)
Conversely, turning the dial clockwise will
Fig.9
increase the damping. The red slow speed
damping dial is only for adjustment, it does
not lock out the suspension action (the larger
lock out knob controls the lock out.)
HEAD TUBE ANGLE ADJUSTMENT
The Lefty fork is designed to be set up so that
the upper collar on the top of the fork leg is
flush with the top of the upper clamp.
However, it is possible to slightly decrease the
height of the front of the bike while simultane-
ously increasing the head tube angle of the
bike. Note that a steeper head tube angle will
change the steering and handling of the bike.
1. Loosen the clamp bolts and slide the leg up
in the clamps until the lower clamp is 110mm
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