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Any tips or guides on completely disassembling a motorcycle? |
I'm just looking for something to help me organize disassmbling my 92 Honda sport bike.. and store the parts.. all the screws and stuff.. maybe somekind of online guide..? As you take things apart - --Put the fasteners back in the holes they came out of. --Place each item's hardware in a plastic bag and write on the bag what part they go to. --Assemble as much stuff as you can after dissasembly. Like put the axle, spacers brake drum and wheel back together. The clutch - put the clutch plates in and install the screws. Put all the spacers, washers, bearings, clutch hub and nut in order, then wire them together with plastic cable ties. --Draw a lot of pictures of how stuff was assembled.and write notes. As you're putting stuff in bags, number them. This way when you're putting the bike back together, you know what to assemble next. --Wiring - draw on the frame with a magic marker where the wire harness is routed. Where the harness is tied to the frame, draw a line on the frame and put a mark on the harness. --With plenty of "zip lock bags", boxes, pictures and notes, you should be fine. --In this day and age of technology - if you have a cam-corder, make a movie LOL Take pictures with a digital camera or cell phone. --And last but not least, anyone attempting to work on their own bike should own a shop manual. Even experts working in dealerships use them, and we know what we're doing! If one can't afford $40 for a manual, what will they do when they make a mistake that costs $500 to fix? http://www.motocom.com/motorcycles/... The most important thing is organization. Take off a part, put the bolts back in the part if possible so they are not lost. Label everything so there is no problem putting it all back together. Keep everything clean and free of rust. Many people that don't do these things never get the bike back together again. All motors are made up of parts or assemblies. There is the throttle assembly, clutch assembly , etc . When you strip a bike lay all the pieces out as you undo them then re-assembly is simply putting the parts back as you took them off. If you want to catagorise and store the parts seperate them by function, gear box, throttle assemble. and so on. Always been the way i have doen it and I have never put a bike back together with parts left over There is such a wide variety of makes and models that it's difficult to find a manual. You can try model specific websites; just do an internet search on the bike's model name. If you have a digital camera you can take pictures of everything as you go. Use re-closeable sandwich baggies for all the bolts and label each baggie with a felt marker. (fairing bolts, suspension bolts etc.) The most important point is to take your time. Some guys, like me, tear into a bike and forget what goes where. I've torn bikes down in the past to paint them. If you put the nuts, bolt and screws back in the holes they go in, after you've taken a part off...It makes it a lot faster and easier to reassemble. Before you start unplugging the wiring harness, put a piece of tape on each side of a connector and number them. One goes to one, two goes to two and so on. No guess work. The Car Guy Over thirty years of working on cars and almost twenty working on motorcycles. |
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