Honda C8R600F4 Service Manual page 257

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Apply oil to the steering bearing adjustment nut
threads.
Install and tighten the steering stem adjustment nut.
TOOL;
Steering stem socket 07916-3710101 or
07916-3710100
TORQUE : 25 N·m (2.5 kgf·m, 18 lbf.ft)
Turn the steering stem right and left, lock-to-lock at
least five times to scat 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
tighten the lock nut, within 90° , to align its grooves
with the tabs of the lock washer.
Bend up the lock washer tabs into the grooves of
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, 76 lbf.ft)
Make sure that the steering stem moves smoothly,
without play or binding.
Install the steering stem nut cap.
Install the forks properly (page 13-20).
STEERING STEM NUT
TOP BRIDGE
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