Honda TRX500FM Service Manual page 352

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Temporarily install
the handlebar
assembly onto the
steering shaft.
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Apply 2 - 3 9 of grease to the shaft bushing inner
surface.
Install the shaft bushing [1] onto the steering shaft [2)
with the arrow mark [3] facing up.
Install the steering shaft over the input shaft [4] of the
EPS unit by aligning the wide tooth with the wide
groove. Install a new pinch bolt (5] .
Install the steering shaft holder (1] with the guide [2]
facing down while routing the wires and cables into the
guide. Install the two holder bolts (3].
Install the brake hose [4] into the clamp [5].
Install the 2P (Red) connector (6] onto the shaft holder.
Be sure the steering shaft is fully seated onto the EPS
unit. Install and lighten a new pinch bolt (7] to the
specified torque.
TORQUE : 60 N'm (6.1 kgf'm, 44 IbHt)
Tighten the holder bolts alternately in several steps.
TORQUE : 32 N'm (3.3 kgf'm , 24 IbHt)
Tighten the EPS unit mounting nut [11 to the specified
torque.
TORQUE : 22 N·m (2.2 kgf·m , 161bHt)