Honda TRX680FA Service Manual page 388

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Install the shaft holder with the hose clamp facing
the right side and tighten the two bolts alternately,
then tighten to the specified torque.
TORQUE: 32 N-m (3.3 kgf m, 24 Ibfft)
Install the brake hose to the hose clamp.
Apply molybdenum disulfide grease to the steering
shaft splines.
Install the shaft arm over the steering shaft by align-
ing the wide tooth with the wide groove.
Install the washer and end nut, and tighten it.
TORQUE: 108 N m (11.0 kgf-m, 80 Ibf-ft)
Install a new cotter pin.
Install the tie-rods into the steering shaft arm.
Install new joint nuts and tighten them by holding
the ball joint stud flats with an open end wrench.
TORQUE: 54 N-m (5.5 kgf-m, 40 Ibfft)
Install new cotter pins.
Install the handlebar assembly onto the steering
shaft with the washers and new lower holder nuts.
Tighten the nuts.
TORQUE: 39 N-m (4.0 kgf-m, 29 Ibf ft)
CLAMP
WASHER • Align
HANDLEBAR ASSEMBLY
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