Removal - Honda CB350 Repair Manual

CHASSIS 145
Adjusting the steering bearings with the Honda
pin wrench
REMOVAL
1. Remove the front wheel, front forks,
and handlebars. If a friction steering
damper is fitted, remove it by removing
the two cotter pins from under the lower
triple clamp, and unscrewing the damper
rod and removing the friction plates. If an
oil shock damperis fitted, unbolt it from
the lower triple clamp.
2. Unscrew the steering stem nut and
disconnect the speedometer and tachom—
eter cables from their instruments. Re—
move the upper triple clamp.
Removing the steering stem nut
3. Disconnect the wiring inside the
headlight shell, and remove the head—
light shell and the fork ears.
4. Loosen the steering stem adjuster
nut with a pin wrench, then hold the
steering stem up while unscrewing the
adjuster nut the rest of the way off. Re—
move the steering stem top cone race and
the ball bearings from the top race.
Removing the steering stem