Rear - Honda CB350 Repair Manual

128 CHASSIS
the speedometer drive housing, and se—
cure it in place with the phillips head set
screw.
Rear
1. Place the motorcycle on its center
stand so that the rear wheel is off the
ground.
2. Remove the mufflers (CB models
only).
3. Remove the cotter pin, nut, lock—
washer, and plain washer from the brake
anghor bolt, and separate the brake an—
chor from the brake plate.
4. Remove the rear brake adjusting
nut, depress the brake pedal, and sepa—
rate the brake rod from the brake lever.
Place the clevis pin, spring, and adjusting
nut on the brake rod for safekeeping.
plate
Brake rod components
6. Remove the masterlink from the
drive chain. Place the masterlink on the
end of the chain for safekeeping. If the
chain doesn't have a masterlink, loosen
the chain adjuster locknuts and run the
adjusters in. Move the wheel forward in
the swing arm and slip the drive chain off
the rear sprocket once the axle is re—
moved. This can be done for either type
of chain and does not require removal of
the masterlink.
7. Pull the axle out from the right—
side and remove the wheel assembly
from the swing arm.
NOTE: Place the wheel spacers on the
axle in the order that they are re—
moved, and screw the axle nut on the
axle for safekeeping.
8. To install the wheel: wrap the
drive chain around the rear sprocket.
Hold the wheel in place and slip the axle
in place from the right—side. Be sure that
the wheel spacers are in their correct lo—
cations. If the masterlink was removed,
place both ends of the chain on the rear
sprocket and install the masterlink as
shown with the open end of the spring
clip facing opposite the direction of rota—
tion.
DIRECTION OF TRAVEL
Install the spring clip with the closed end facing
the direction of chain travel