Service manual

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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THE MANUAL
All the procedures in this manual are organized in a numbered (step-by-step) easy to read format with accompa-
nying photographs, line art, torque values and specifications. The numbered steps of a few procedures are likely
to be separate procedures themselves. When this is the case, the numbered step will include a page reference
number.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
You must possess significant mechanical knowledge, skills, and tools to perform most of the
procedures found in this document.
This manual is written for Cannondale Motorsports Dealers and qualified service technicians.
This is not a comprehensive shop safety manual and should not be used by anyone who is not
familiar with standard safety practices and service techniques. This manual does include
warnings and cautions (see descriptions above) that if ignored, could result in
SEVERE PERSONAL INJURY to the service technician or significant damage to the vehicle ren-
dering it unsafe to operate. Anyone operating an “unsafe” vehicle can be SERIOUSLY INJURED
OR KILLED.
We have done our best to identify situations where warnings or cautions are needed and will
continue to do so in future publications. But, YOU must always exercise good judgement, and
follow safe shop practices when performing service procedures as described in this manual.
This manual was accurate at the time of publication. Any supplemental information developed
or written after printing may be available on our web site as a “manual supplement.” Service bul-
letins and technical notes are also published as required. These are also posted on the website.
You may find that the technical terms and part names in this manual differ from published parts
catalogs or microfiche.