Honda VTR1000F Service Manual page 234

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Apply oil to the bearing adjustment nut threads.
Install and tighten the steering stem adjustment nut.
TOOL:
Steering stem socket
07916-3710101
TORQUE: 25 N·m (2.5 kgf·m, 18Ibf·ft)
Turn the steering stem right and left, lock-to-Iock at
least five times to seat the bearings.
Retighten the steering stem adjustment nut to the
same torque.
Install a new lock washer and bend the two oppo-
site tabs down into the grooves in the adjustment
nut.
Install and finger tighten the lock nut all the way.
Hold the steering adjustment nut and further tight-
en the lock nut, within 90 degrees, to align its
grooves with the tabs of the lock washer.
Bend up the lock washer tabs into the grooves of
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the lock nut.
Install the fork top bridge and steering stem nut.
Temporarily install the forks into the fork bridges.
Tighten the steering stem nut.
TORQUE: 103 N·m (10.5 kgf.m, 76Ibf·ft)
Remove the forks.
Make sure that the steering stem moves smoothly,
without play or binding.
Install the steering stem nut cap.
STEER ING ST,!;,M,SOC ET
STEM
NUT
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