Steering Bearing Preload - Honda 1998 VT750C Service Manual

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Install the handlebar lower holders.
Install the handlebar to temporarily (page 13-9).
Install the washers and nuts.
Tighten the nuts to the specified torque.
TORQUE: 26 N·m (2.7 kgt·m, 20 Ibt·ft)
VT750Cand
Install the speedometer and stay to the top bridge.
VT750CO/C02
Install and tighten the bolts
('98-2000):
Connect the speedometer cable to the speedometer.
Install the following:
- Handlebar (page 13-9)
- Front wheel (page 13-20)
BOLTS
STEERING BEARING PRELOAD
Raise the front wheel off the ground.
Position the steering stem to the straight ahead
position.
Hook a spring scale to the fork tube between the
fork top and bottom bridges.
Make sure that there is no cable or wire harness
interference.
Pull the spring scale keeping the scale at a right angle
to the steering stem.
Read the scale at the point where the steering stem
just starts to move.
STEERING BEARING PRELOAD:
0.43 - 1.04 kgt (0.95 - 2.30 Ibt)
If the readings do not fall within the limits, readjust
the steering top thread.
Install the removed parts in the reverse order of
removal.
NOTE:
Route the cables and wire harness properly (page
1-22).
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