Additional Maintenance Procedures - Honda 2009 CRF450X Owner's Manual & Competition Handbook

Additional Maintenance Procedures

Refer to Safety Precautions on page 25.
Steering Head Bearing Inspection
1. With your CRF on a box or optional
workstand (front wheel elevated), turn the
handlebar to the right and left to check for
roughness in the steering head bearings.
2. Stand in front of your CRF, grab the fork (at
the axle), look at the steering head, and push
the fork in and out (toward the engine) to
check for play in the steering head bearings.
If any roughness or play is felt, but you do not
see any movement in the steering head, the fork
bushings may be worn. Refer to the Honda
Shop Manual for replacement or adjustment
procedures, or see your Honda dealer.
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Handlebar Inspection
1. Remove the handlebar pad.
2. Check the handlebar (1) for bends or cracks.
3. Check that the handlebar has not moved from
its proper position (by inspecting the paint
mark(2)).
4. Check the torque of the handlebar upper
holder bolts (3):
22 N·m (2.2 kgf·m, 16 lbf·ft)
Tighten the front bolts first.
(3)
(1)
(1) handlebar (3) handlebar upper holder bolts
(2) paint mark
Control Cables
Periodically, disconnect the throttle, clutch and
hot start cables at their upper ends. Thoroughly
lubricate the cable pivot points with a
commercially available cable lubricant. If the
clutch lever, hot start lever and throttle operation
is not smooth, replace the cable.
Be sure the throttle returns freely from fully open
to fully closed automatically, in all steering
positions.
(2)