Raptor 90se assembly manual
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Step 1: Note: The carbon frame plates are not in bag A, it is in seperate bubble wrap bag with no label.
Place the plastic guides in the carbon plates. I found they are a tight fit and I had to use the handle of a screw driver to push the guide in place.

Step 2: Insert the long bolt with round head (item 2) in middle hole first. Install this from the back side of the plate as shown in the picture on the right. Put a short piece of fuel tubing on the long bolt to hold it in place (as shown in the picture to the right). This will keep the bolt in place until you later place the canopy post on it..

Step 3: Before installing the right plate insert the cross member tube (item 4) on the left plate. Put blue loctite on the nut and use an 8mm wrench to tighten it. Note that in this step there are two frame spacers that the manufacturers manual indicates installing in this section. One is at the front-bottom and the other is at the back-bottom. Since there is nothing to hold them in place I do not see how you are suppose to install them so for now just set them aside and keep up with them.

Step 4: Build just one side of the assembly. Start with the left plate. Bolt the starter block to the left plate using two bolts at the top. The bottom bolts will be installed in a later step. Notice that the holes in the plate allow the bolt to be slide, this is used to adjust the gear mesh later. For now slide the bolt/starter block all the way forward. Tip: I had to replace the thick washers (item 3) used on the bolts going into the top of the starter shaft bearing block with some thin washers. Later when installing the carbon pitch arm I found that the head of these bolts were slightly rubbing on it. When using the BK0087 washers the distance from head to head is 44.8mm and the inside distance on the carbon pitch arm was measured as 45.0mm. I installed some standard thickness flat washers and now the distance is 42.92mm.
Next bolt the top bearing block to the left plate. Note that the bolts holding the bearing in place need to be pointed down. Note again that the two frame spacers (item 7 and the one not labeled in front of the clutch bell) are not installed at this time. There is nothing to hold them in place so just keep up with them for now.

Step 5: Sit the elevator lever that was built in step 1-1-5 in position, not that the label on the links should be pointed outward and that the side of the elevator lever with the longer pivot point will go on the right side. Now bolt the right frame plate on. Begin with the two bolts then go into the main shaft bearing block. Install the nut on the cross member (item 4) and put the bolts in the top of the starter bearing block. Note again to use flat washers instead of the BK087 washers.

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