steering triple tree

[bikerfred]

How do you get the steering stem to slide out of the triple tree. I have removed the nut and washer and stem does not move.? The manual says that it falls right out, but the top of the triple tree will not move to allow a spanner wrench in to loosen the stem. Thank you.

[bikerfred]

I forgot to post that the bike is a 1968 Honda cl 350 KO.

[Hoosier Tom]

You have to take the top triple off. Remove the top fork tube sealing bolts then you can take the top triple off if you have already removed the large center nut.

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[bikerfred]

All the bolts have been removed and the top triple tree will not come off. I have soaked it and pounded and it does not move. The bike was sitting for 40 years, but I still cannot get the triple tree to move.

[jgger]

This might be a stupid question.........but here it goes. Do the fork tubes have a pinch bolt at the top, you would see them from the back. If they do then removing the caps will not release the triple. I am assuming the forks are still in place.

[bikerfred]

Thanks for all the help. I took a torch to it and it popped right off. I still cannot get the bottom fork bolt free. Each fork bottom has a Phillips screw holding it. Perhaps someone has removed the allen bolt and replaced it with a screw. I have used and impact screw driver, oil, rust remover, heat and it won't budge. I am going to try an air impact driver next.
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[mike in idaho]

Leave the bolt in the bottom of the fork in there. There is no reason for it to come apart, the part inside is considered to be part of the lower leg, no parts are listed separately. Disturbing it just makes another place for a future leak.