Construction; Steering Stem; Reassembly - Honda CB450 1968 Service Manual

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4.
5
FUEL TANK
D.
Reasse
mbly
1.
Mount the
steering handle
lock
on
the steering
stem.
2.
Mix
the
1
/4
11
steel ba lls 137)
in
grease,
lay
into the
lower and upper ball races,
and
carefully
insert
the stem into
the
head pipe,
exercising
care
not to
drop
the balls.
Tighten the
steering
head
top
thread.
(Fig. 4. 26)
NOTE:
Special
attention is
required to tighten
the top
thread.
It must be tightened in coniunction
with
the steering stem
nut and
the fron
t
fork bolt.
If the
stem
nut is
properly tightened, the
steering
assembly
will
turn to
the
locks
under its own
weight assisted
only by
a
slight
initial
force.
Further
there should
not
be
any
looseness of
the
stem
in either the ver
tical
or
the horizontal
direc-
tions.
(Fig.
4. 27)
3.
Assemble
the top bridge front
cushion
and
front
wheel.
4.
Install
the
steering
handle and damper
knob.
5.
Adiust the
play
of
the
clutch,
brake
and
throttle
cable.
4.
5
Fuel
Tank
A.
Co
nstruction
The fuel tank is
placed on
the frame
body
directly
above the
engine and is installed on
the
fra me
bod
y
through the
fuel
tank
cushions.
The
tank
side cover
s
fitted with the knee grip rubber
and
tank
mark,
are installed on the fuel tank.
(Fig.
4.
28
)
B.
li>
isassembly
1.
Unlock
the
seat latc
h
located on the left
front of the
seat
side.
2.
Posit
ion the
fuel cock
lever
to
STOP position
and remove the
fuel tube from the
fuel
cock
.
3.
Remove
one
end of
the
fuel
level
tube
and
apply
a
clip on the tube to close
off the
fuel
tube.
Install
a
rubber cap
or
a
plug on
the
tank
fitting
to
prevent
the
fuel from draining.
Detach
fuel tonk from the fuel tank
rear
cushion and
carefu
lly remove to
the
rear
side.
4.
Tonk side cover can be separated
by
removing
the
emblem and side cover mounting bolt, and
then
sliding
the
side
cover toward the front.
fig
.
4
.
26
Ress emb
ling the steering
stem
CD
48
mm
pin spanner
®
Steering
hea
d
top
thread
®
Ste ering stem
Fig
.
4. 27
Check of
stem
operation
CD
Steering head
top
thread
®
Steering stem
Fig. 4. 28
CD
Fuel ta tk
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