2019 KTM 690 SMC R TSBs

Damage to the bellow gasket may affect the function of the clutch slave cylinder. This could result in the rider noticing a change in shifting behavior and the clutch becoming inoperable to the point where the clutch will not disengage when the clutch lever is pulled in. To ensure the highest level of safety, performance, reliability and customer satisfaction, it is necessary to replace the clutch slave cylinder on all affected motorcycles that have a bellow style gasket clutch slave cylinder mounted (Fig. 1).

camshaft and balancer shaft possibly were not mounted correctly on the following models: 2019 690 Enduro R and 2019 690 SMC R. These two screws must be removed, cleaned, have Loctite 243 applied and then tightened to a torque of 6 Nm to prevent any possible loosening of the screws.