Disassembly Pt.2

A fair bit of progress was made today! For starters, the battery box, starter switch, tool box, fuse box, air filters and gauges were removed... Only one thing troubled me about this part of the tear down. When I took off the toolbox I was greeted by the signal blinker switch, and the silicon rectifier which looked a bit off. I took a look through my CB 360 Shop manual and found someone, for some unknown reason, decided to relocate these parts from their usual position (beside the starter switch) to where I found them. I will try to get to the bottom of this and figure out what motivated the PO (previous owner) to do such a thing.

The discovery of the misplaced electrical components was soon followed by my futile attempt at removing the headlight bezel. The screws are rusted and most of the electrical is routed through the headlight case, so I'm stuck with the headlamp hanging off the bike and know idea how I'm going to get the darn thing off without smashing it. The handlebars are also giving me a bit of trouble thanks to more rusted screws...After that, I tackled the front brake, stopping short of actually removing the calipers themselves. I also managed to take the front fender off.

The only thing I didn't get around to was draining the fuel out of the carburateurs and tank. I suppose I will leave that for later.

Believe it or not, Things are coming together... well more like apart... VERY quickly! I'm really pumped that I'm making so much progress, I just have to remember that taking the bike apart is one thing, reassembly is another!

Finally, I will leave you with a new list of things I NEED to replace.

• Front fork seals
• Rear shocks
• muffler and headers (Planning on using a 2 into 1 exhaust)
• Clutch perch
• Electronic ignition start button
• Tires
• Front fender
• Tachometer
• Tail light
• Turn signal blinker switch
• Turn signals
• clutch, tach, speedo cables (maybe salvagable, not too sure yet)
• Headlight housing (in the event I end up breaking it in half trying to open it!)
• Seat (discovered the seat pan is bent, a real bummer)

Wow, that list is a lot longer than even I thought it would be... Lets just hope it doesn't grow by too much!

As always, stay tuned for the next installment of the project where I drain the fuel, remove the tank, and sort out the stubborn headlamp.