Wheel Balance - Honda VT750C2 Shadow Spirit Service Manual

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Do not get grease
Install the brake disc with the marked side facing
on the brake disc or
out.
stopping power will
Install new bolts and tighten them in a crisscross
be reduced.
pattern in several steps.
TORQUE: 42 N·m (4.3 kgf·m, 31 Ibf·ft)
WHEEL BALANCE
NOTE:
• Carefully check balance before installing the
wheel.
'. Mount the tire with the arrow mark facing in the
direction of rotation.
• The wheel balance must be checked when the
tire is remounted.
• For optimum balance, the tire balance mark (light
mass point: a paint dot on the side wall) must be
located next to the valve stem. Remount the tire
if necessary.
Mount the wheel, tire and brake disc assembly on
an inspection
stan~t~
Spin the wpeel,al!pvvitt9 stop, and mark the lowest
(heaviest)
part()HneWh~el
with chalk.
Do this two or three times to verify the heaviest
area.
If the wheel is balanced, it will not stop consistently
in the same position.
To balance the wheel, install a new balance weight
on the lightest side of tliEf spoke, on the side oppo ­
site the chalk rnarks. Add just enough weight so the
wheelliVi!Jno longer stop in the same position when
it is spun:
Dq notadd more than 60 g to the front wheel.
NO"fEi;
Nev8(re!Jsethe balance weight if once removed
from
th~
spoke.
BALANCE WEIGHT
15-17