Honda VTX1800 Series Motorcycle (2002-2008) Service Repair Manual

The online edition of this manual will be available immediately without download. The physical manual will be dispatched directly by Haynes and will arrive separately from any other parts ordered.

This service manual provides specific, detailed instructions for performing everything from basic maintenance and troubleshooting to a complete overhaul of the Honda VTX1800 Series motorcycle. Do-it-yourselfers will find this service and repair manual more comprehensive than the factory manual, making it an indispensable part of your tool box.

Every Clymer manual contains hundreds of original photographs and illustrations developed from a complete disassembly and assembly of a motorcycle. This, in addition to extensive research, allows Clymer to achieve an unmatched level of detail, accuracy and clarity.The step-by-step instructions and two-column text with large print are user-friendly. Bold figure numbers make it easy to quickly match instructions with illustrations and photos. Thumb-tabbed chapters, numbered table of contents and an extensive index make it possible to locate the desired section quickly.

The Haynes Online Manual gives you the trusted content of the famous printed Workshop Manual with extra features to get the job done. Online Manuals provide the following benefits: Troubleshooting tool for fast diagnosis of common problems. Colour-coded wiring diagrams for key systems. Videos tutorials for common DIY tasks. Colour photographs with approximately 750 in each manual. Photos can be zoomed in to observe key details. Fully searchable Dictionary of automotive terms. Hyperlinks to additional relevant information in other manual chapters. Print any page at home.

Honda VTX1800C, VTX1800N, VTX1800R, VTX1800F, VTX1800S and VTX1800T manual. Includes Color Wiring Diagrams.

What's Covered

THIS HONDA VTX1800 MANUAL IS 456 PAGES.

• QUICK REFERENCE DATA
• CHAPTER ONE / GENERAL INFORMATIONMANUAL ORGANIZATION / WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES / SAFETY / SERIAL NUMBERS AND INFORMATION LABELS / FASTENERS / SHOP SUPPLIES / TOOLS / MEASURING TOOLS / ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS / SERVICE METHODS / STORAGE / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER TWO / TROUBLESHOOTINGSTARTING THE ENGINE / ENGINE WILL NOT START / POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE / FUEL SYSTEM / ENGINE / ENGINE LUBRICATION / CYLINDER LEAKDOWN TEST / CLUTCH / GEARSHIFT LINKAGE / TRANSMISSION / ELECTRICAL TESTING / FINAL DRIVE / FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING / BRAKE SYSTEM
• CHAPTER THREE / PERIODIC LUBRICATION, MAINTENANCE AND TUNE-UPTUNE-UP / CYLINDER IDENTIFICATION AND FIRING ORDER / ENGINE ROTATION / AIR FILTER / CRANKCASE BREATHER INSPECTION / ENGINE COMPRESSION TEST / SPARK PLUGS / IGNITION TIMING / VALVE CLEARANCE / IDLE SPEED ADJUSTMENT / AIR SCREW SYNCHRONIZATION / FUEL HOSE INSPECTION / THROTTLE CABLE / CLUTCH / ENGINE OIL AND FILTER / ENGINE OIL PRESSURE CHECK / COOLING SYSTEM / SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM INSPECTION / EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM INSPECTION (CALIFORNIA MODELS) / BATTERY / FINAL DRIVE / WHEELS AND TIRES / STEERING ASSEMBLY INSPECTION / FRONT SUSPENSION INSPECTION / REAR SUSPENSION INSPECTION / BRAKE SYSTEM / HEADLIGHT AIM / SIDESTAND AND IGNITION CUT-OFF SWITCH TEST / FRONT FORK OIL CHANGE / FASTENER INSPECTION / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER FOUR / ENGINE TOP ENDCYLINDER HEAD COVERS / CAMSHAFTS / CAM CHAIN TENSIONER AND CAM CHAIN / CYLINDER HEAD / VALVES AND VALVE COMPONENTS / CYLINDER / PISTONS AND PISTON RINGS / CYLINDER STUD REPLACEMENT / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER FIVE / ENGINE LOWER ENDSERVICING ENGINE IN FRAME / ENGINE / CRANKCASE / CRANKCASE SEAL AND BEARING REPLACEMENT / CRANKSHAFT / CONNECTING RODS / BALANCER SHAFT / OIL PUMP / OUTPUT GEAR / ENGINE BREAK-IN / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER SIX / CLUTCH AND EXTERNAL SHIFT MECHANISMCLUTCH BLEEDING / CLUTCH FLUID FLUSHING AND DRAINING / CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER / CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER / RIGHT CRANKCASE COVER / CLUTCHPRIMARY DRIVE AND DRIVEN GEARS / EXTERNAL SHIFT MECHANISM / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER SEVEN / TRANSMISSION AND INTERNAL SHIFT MECHANISMTRANSMISSION / INTERNAL SHIFT MECHANISM / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER EIGHT / FUEL INJECTION ANS EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMSFUEL SYSTEM PRECAUTIONS / FUEL TANK / DEPRESSURIZING THE FUEL SYSTEM / FUEL PRESSURE TEST / FUEL FLOW TEST / FUEL PUMP / AIR FILTER HOUSING / THROTTLE BODY / INTAKE MANIFOLD / FUEL INJECTORS AND FUEL RAILS / STARTER VALVE / BARO AND MAP SENSORS / THROTTLE POSITION (TP) SENSOR / INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE (IAT) SENSOR / ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE (ECT) SENSOR / CRANKSHAFT POSITION (CKP) SENSOR / CAMSHAFT POSITION (CMP) SENSOR / BANK ANGLE SENSOR / OXYGEN (O2) SENSORS (CALIFORNIA MODELS) / ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) / INTAKE DUCT CONTROL SOLENOID ASSEMBLY / THROTTLE CABLE REPLACEMENT / EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM LABELS / SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMEVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM (CALIFORNIA MODELS ONLY) / FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION / MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) / DTC TROUBLESHOOTING / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER NINE / ELECTRICAL SYSTEMELECTRICAL COMPONENT REPLACEMENT / ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS / BATTERY / BATTERY BOX / CHARGING SYSTEM / STATOR COIL, CRANKSHAFT POSITION (CKP) SENSOR AND LEFT CRANKCASE COVER / FLYWHEEL, STARTER CLUTCH AND STARTERDRIVE GEARS / IGNITION SYSTEM TESTING / IGNITION COILS / CRANKSHAFT POSITION (CKP) SENSOR / ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) / IGNITION TIMING / STARTING SYSTEM TESTING / STARTER / STARTER RELAY / LIGHTING SYSTEM / METER ASSEMBLY / VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR (VSS) / COOLANT TEMPERATURE INDICATOR AND ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE (ECT) SENSOR / COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR / FAN MOTOR SWITCH / OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR AND OILPRESSURE SWITCH / NEUTRAL INDICATOR AND NEUTRAL SWITCH / FUEL RESERVE INDICATOR AND FUEL RESERVE SENSOR / SIDESTAND SWITCH / CLUTCH SWITCHFRONT BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH / REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH / IGNITION SWITCH / HANDLEBAR SWITCH / SWITCH CONTINUITY TEST / TURN SIGNAL RELAY / TURN SIGNAL/POSITION RELAY / HORN / ENGINE STOP RELAY / FUEL CUT-OFF RELAY / CLUTCH DIODE / FUSES / COLOR WIRING DIAGRAMS / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER TEN / COOLING SYSTEMTEMPERATURE WARNING SYSTEM / COOLING SYSTEM INSPECTION / RADIATOR / COOLING FAN / COOLANT RESERVE TANK / THERMOSTAT / THERMOSTAT HOUSING / COOLANT PIPE / WATER PUMP / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER ELEVEN / WHEEL AND TIRESMOTORCYCLE LIFT / FRONT WHEEL / REAR WHEEL / FRONT AND REAR HUBS / DRIVEN FLANGE / WHEEL SERVICE (CAST WHEELS) / WHEEL SERVICE (LACED WHEELS) / TIRE SAFETY / TIRE CHANGING / WHEEL BALANCE / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER TWELVE / FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERINGHANDLEBAR / GRIPS / FRONT FORK / STEERING BEARING PRELOAD / STEERING HEAD BEARING RACE / STEERING STEM BEARING
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN / REAR SUSPENSION AND FINAL DRIVESHOCK ABSORBER / SWING ARM / FINAL DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE SHAFT / RING AND PINION GEAR / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN / REAR SUSPENSIONSHOCK ABSORBER / SWING ARM / FINAL DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE SHAFT / FINAL DRIVE UNIT OVERHAUL / RING AND PINION GEAR / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN / BRAKESLINKED BRAKING SYSTEM (LBS) / BRAKE SERVICE / BRAKE BLEEDING / BRAKE FLUID DRAINING / BRAKE PADS / BRAKE CALIPER REMOVAL/INSTALLATION / BRAKE CALIPER OVERHAUL / FRONT MASTER CYLINDER / REAR MASTER CYLINDER / PROPORTIONAL CONTROL VALVE / BRAKE HOSE AND BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT / BRAKE DISC / REAR BRAKE PEDAL / SPECIFICATIONS
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN / BODY AND EXHAUST SYSTEMSEAT / SIDE COVERS / LEFT CRANKCASE REAR COVER / FRONT FENDER / REAR FENDER / RIDER FOOTRESTS / SIDESTAND / WINDSHIELD / SADDLEBAGS / EXHAUST SYSTEM / SPECIFICATIONS
• INDEX
• COLOR WIRING DIAGRAMS
• MODELS COVERED:2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 HONDA VTX1800C VTX1800 VTX 1800 C2005 2006 2007 2008 HONDA VTX1800F VTX1800 VTX 1800 F2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 HONDA VTX1800N VTX1800 VTX 1800 N2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 HONDA VTX1800R VXT1800 VTX 1800 R2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 HONDA VTX1800S VTX1800 VTX 1800 S2007 2008 HONDA VTX1800T VTX1800 VTX 1800 T
• CLYMER MANUALS HONDA VXT1800 MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800C MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800F MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800N MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800S MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800T MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VXT1800 ONLINE MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800C ONLINE MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800F ONLINE MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800N ONLINE MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800S ONLINE MANUALCLYMER MANUALS HONDA VTX1800T ONLINE MANUAL
• VTX1800C (2002-2007)VTX1800F (2005-2008)VTX1800N (2004-2008)VTX1800R (2002-2007)VTX1800S (2002-2006)VTX1800T (2007-2008)