Honda CRF450RX 2020 Owner's Manual & Competition Handbook page 109

Suspension
12. Clean the surfaces where the axle and axle
clamps contact each other.
Apply grease to each dust seal lips (19) of the
front wheel.
Install the left side collar (20) and right side
collar (21) into the wheel hub.
(19)
(20)
(19) dust seal lips (21) right side collar
(20) left side collar
13. Install the front wheel between the fork legs
while inserting the brake disc between the
brake pads, being careful not to damage the
pads.
14. Insert the front axle shaft (22) through the
forks and wheel hub from the right side. Make
sure that the front axle shaft is seated firmly
onto the left fork leg clamp inner surface.
Tighten the front axle nut (23) to the specified
torque:
65 lbf·ft (88 N·m, 9.0 kgf·m)
Tighten the left axle pinch bolts (24) to the
specified torque:
15 lbf·ft (20 N·m, 2.0 kgf·m)
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(21)
(19)
(22) front axle shaft
(23) front axle nut
(24) left axle pinch bolts
15. Install the handlebar (25), handlebar upper
holders (26) and handlebar upper holder bolts
(27) and tighten the handlebar upper holder
bolts to the specified torque:
16 lbf·ft (22 N·m, 2.2 kgf·m)
• Install the handlebar upper holder with the
punch marks (28) facing forward.
• Align the paint mark (29) on the handlebar with
the end of the left handlebar holders.
• First, tighten the bolts on front side of the
handlebar upper holders.
(24)
(22)
(23)
(27)
(28)
(26)
(26)
(29) (26)
(25) handlebar
(26) handlebar upper holders
(27) handlebar upper holder bolts
(28) punch marks
(29) paint mark
16. Install the handlebar protector.
Install the number plate (30) by aligning its tab
(31) with the slit (32) on the front fender.
Install and tighten the bolts (33).
Route the number plate tab (34) around the
handlebar (35) as shown. Make sure that the
brake hose (13) is routed properly in front of
the number plate.
(13)
(35)
(30)
(32)
(13) brake hose (33) bolts
(30) number plate (34) number plate tab
(31) tab (35) handlebar
(32) slit
(28)
(25)
(34)
(33)
(31)