# Service bulletin SMT\-SB542\-10Apri

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10122032
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: SMT\-SB542\-10Apri
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-10\-04
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin 542 addresses the need to over check the engine to frame alignment, frame adjuster tightening torques, and engine bolt tightening torques.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10122032-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10122032-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Engine, Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER
- 2016 to 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER XCA
- 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER XCX LRH
- 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER XR
- 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER XRT
- 2016 to 2017 TRIUMPH EXPLORER XRX LRH
- 2016 TRIUMPH TIGER 800 XR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SMT\-COM01](/bulletins/10247139.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Dealer notice announcing the availability of Diagnostic software 2023\-06 and dealers should begin using it immediately.
- [SMT\-COM01](/bulletins/10231153.md), 2023-02-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Dealer notice reminding of the new California Prop 65 regulation.
- [22714](/bulletins/10228572.md), 2023-01-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Dealer notice announcing the availability of Diagnostic software 2022\-11 and dealers should begin using it immediately.
- [22651](/bulletins/10228571.md), 2023-01-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Dealer notice announcing the availability of Diagnostic software 2022\-10 and dealers should begin using it immediately.
- [SMT\-COM01](/bulletins/10221910.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. Dealer notice reminding of the new California Prop 65 regulation.
- [20680 SVC](/bulletins/10212876.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Triumph has released Technical Bulletin 222 including 8 subjects across a range of models.
- [SMT\-TN\-167](/bulletins/10192923.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. All new Explorer models must have the latest instrument software, chassis ECM software and engine ECM calibration installed prior to pre\-delivery inspection and handover to the customer. Dealers are requested to download the latest software and calibration before performing the pre\-delivery inspection, as described in the following procedure.
- [SMT\-TN\-166](/bulletins/10192922.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Crackshaft position sensor/ignition pickup, front brake hose p\-clip, headlight fixings, reed valve cover torque fixing, engine bar plugs, lower yoke wire guide, front fork oil level and volume, motorcycle assembly guide update\-backrest bar, rear bevel box parts kit, and pannier frame.
- [SMT\-TN\-145](/bulletins/10192908.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. If a Tiger Explorer customer reports excessive top\-end engine noise \(a ticking and or knocking noise\) on an engine fitted to the above models up to VIN 602960, the dealer is requested to arrange the return of the motorcycle to Triumph Motorcycles to permit factory repairs. This will include either a modification to the existing cylinder head or replacement cylinder head and replacement camshaft drive chain tensioner.
- [SMT\-TN\-144](/bulletins/10192907.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. If a customer reports excessive top\-end engine noise on an engine fitted to the above models up to VIN 602960, the dealer is requested to replace the cylinder head with a new cylinder head and camshaft drive chain tensioner following the procedure listed below.

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