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Ducati 750 Workshop Manual


Cover
Cover
Title Page
Title Page
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1. The Complete 750 cc Engine
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2. The two timing marks on the upper two taper gears
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3. Removing the head
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4. Removing the head (2)
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5. Removing the cylinder
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6. Removing the circlip from the gudgeon pin
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7. Removing the piston
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8. Removing the clutch side cover
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9. Removing the clutch
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10. Removing the clutch and drum housing
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11. Removing the fixing nut on the flywheel gear
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12. Removing the flywheel gear assembly
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13. Removing the gear selector cover
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14. Removing the timing side cover
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15. Removing the chain pinion
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16. Removing the alternator rotor
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17. Removing the pump control gear
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18. Removing the bearing holding bushes and conical gears
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19. Removing the ignition distributor
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20. Removing the lock ring and ignition distributor control gear
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21. Removing the bearing holding bush for the ignition distributor axle
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22. Removing the crankcase
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23. The open engine
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24. Removing the transmission shaft
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25. Removing the starter shaft
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26. Removing the countershaft bearing from the half-crankcase distribution side
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27. Refitting the starter shaft
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28. Refitting the transmission shaft
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29. Starter Assembly
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30. Fitting the slide coupling in the starter shaft
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31. Fitting the countershaft
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32. Fitting the speed control forks
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33. Fitting the gear drum
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34. The complete gear box
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35. Fitting the driving shaft
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36. Fitting the two half-crankcases
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37. Fitting the oil pump
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38. The fitted oil pump
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39. Fitting the pump control gear
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40. Fitting the driving gear
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41. Fitting the conical driving gear of the upper bevel gears
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42. Fitting the side bevel gears
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43. Fitting the alternator rotor
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44. Fitting the threaded rim of the central group
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45. Fitting the ignition distributor control gear
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46. Fitting the half bushing
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47. Fitting the seal flanges of the side conical gears
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48. Checking the bevel gear mesh
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49. Fitting the distribution side cover
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50. Fitting the oil filter
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51. Fitting the flywheel-gear assembly
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52. Fitting the thickness washer under the clutch housing
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53. Fitting the clutch housing
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54. Fitting the clutch drum
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55. Fastening the nut fixing the fly-wheel gear assembly
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56. Fitting the clutch
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57. Fitting the clutch side cover
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58. Fitting the pistons and gudgeon pins
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59. Fitting the cylinders
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60. Fitting the rubbers for oil flow in the head
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61. Fitting the heads
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62. Checking the ignition timing
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63. Setting the ignition timing by means of a battery and bulb
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64. The engine adjusted at 10° advance
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65. The ignition distributor
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66. The dismantled cylinder head
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67. Removing the bearing flange
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68. Removing the rocker pin
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69. Removing the valves and springs
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70. Removing the camshaft
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71. Removing the conical gear with the transmission shank
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72. Fitting the head
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73. The complete head and distribution group
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74. The head and corresponding camshaft group
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75. The head and valve group
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76. Fitting the rocker
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77. Checking rocker clearance
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78. The complete set of special tools



Acknowledgements

This manual was prepared from a photocopy of an original Ducati 750 workshop manual provided by Dave Gooch. I'd like to thank Dave for generously agreeing to making this information available to the Ducati Bevelhead community.

Manual scanning and html coding was done by Willy Gonnason. It is my desire that this information remain freely available on the Internet to people interested in Bevel Head Ducatis.

Since the quality of these pictures suffers from limitations of my scanner, I suggest that you contact Dave (North America: 519.869.8304) for a copy of the original manual if you need this information for any serious work. I would also caution you to take the dimensions for valve clearance printed on page 77 of the original manual with a grain of salt if you are reading the English section; the values listed in the Italian and French sections are the correct values.

Note that the company Ducati Meccanica has been bought and sold twice since the machines described by this manual were last manufactured. Many thanks to the members of the original company that produced these machines, and in particular, Ing. Fabio Taglione for designing and helping bring these machines to an appreciative audience.


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