GENERAL INFORMATION
Certain safety and maintenance norms should be remembered when carrying out repairs to the vehicles. Some
of the more important norms are listed below:
Safety
- Do not smoke or cause sparks or naked flames in the work area. Petrol is highly inflammable and may be
explosive in certain conditions.
- Use cleaning products appropriate to each task, ensuring that they have been approved.
- Always wear protective eye equipment when using electric tools such as drills, sanders or grinders.
- Apply a protective hand cream before commencing dismantling work. This protects the skin from infection
and makes subsequent cleaning easier. Ensure that hands are not slippery.
- Remember that prolonged contact of the skin with engine oil can be damaging to health.
- Keep loose clothing away from moving parts.
- Do not wear rings, wristwatches, etc while working on the engine, especially the electrical system.
- Keep the work area tidy, it is easy to trip over elements left on the floor.
- Avoid leaving oils, grease or other fluids on the floor of the work area to avoid slipping on them.
- Use suitable tools for compressing or decompressing springs to prevent these from escaping suddenly.
- Take special care not to inhale dust from parts containing asbestos (for example: clutch discs), this product
is extremely dangerous for your health.
- Avoid inhaling fumes from petrol or cleaning fluids, these can be highly toxic. Ensure that the work area is
well-ventilated.
Maintenance
- Always use original GAS GAS spare parts and lubricants recommended by the manufacturer. Other spare
parts may damage the engine.
- Only use the tools specified for this vehicle.
- Always replace all the gaskets, seals and O-rings during service and assembly.
- After dismounting, clean components with non-inflammable dissolvent.
- Lubricate all work surfaces before assembly, except the conical couplings.
- Oil all the paired parts and bearings when assembling.
- When removing, servicing and assembling parts, only use metric-sized tools. Metric screws, nuts and bolts
are not interchangeable with parts with Imperial measurements.
- All the surfaces receiving gaskets, seals and O-rings must be carefully cleaned.
- Carefully examine all the circlips before assembly and replace any which are damaged. Always replace the
piston pin circlip after each use.
- After assembly check all the components are correctly fitted and the mechanisms are working perfectly.
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