Today I'd like to put the motor back in to my CL450. I have the service manual (thanks to HondaTwins members for that) and it says put the motor in from the left side in. It doesn't say much more than that other than how to fit the ground cable on (do I need to sand off the powdercoat where the ground cable goes?)
So, any step-by-step advice on how to get this done? I've got the motor mounts down to bare metal and ready to go. New stainless hardware all around except for the long bolts on the bottom which are hard to find stainless for.
I should also probably mention that I installed the drive sprocket yesterday, but there was no reference for doing that in either the service manual or the fiche. Is there any special consideration for that or is it pretty straightforward like it seemed to be?
Should I put the chain on before putting the motor back in? Do I need to fit the brake pedal at the same time as putting the motor back in? Side stand (I'm not going to run the center stand)?
Geez, I'm such a noob.:grin:
So, any step-by-step advice on how to get this done? I've got the motor mounts down to bare metal and ready to go. New stainless hardware all around except for the long bolts on the bottom which are hard to find stainless for.
I should also probably mention that I installed the drive sprocket yesterday, but there was no reference for doing that in either the service manual or the fiche. Is there any special consideration for that or is it pretty straightforward like it seemed to be?
Should I put the chain on before putting the motor back in? Do I need to fit the brake pedal at the same time as putting the motor back in? Side stand (I'm not going to run the center stand)?
Geez, I'm such a noob.:grin: