While I had my Honda Pacific Coast stored at my brother in laws in Cape Breton he tried to remove the battery and did some damage pulling the plastic so here is 10 easy steps to help you do it.
You will need the following:
- 10mm wrench or socket
- 5mm hex wrench
- Large Philips screwdriver (depending on battery connectors, PC toolkit screwdrivers are fine).
1. Remove the right air-duct.
2. Remove the screw now uncovered, and then remove the right top side panel. Removing the saddle is not needed for this.
3. Remove the step holder cover.
4. Remove the saddlebag protector (rear crash bar cover).
5. Remove the bolt holding the lower side panel, just forward of the rear foot peg (with the hex wrench). Remove the screw holding the forward part of the lower trunk side panel, just right of the rear crash bar.
6. Open the trunk and remove the most forward screw located on the inside of the trunk, against the right side. It is covered by a little black cap (or should be). Removing this screw should give the lower trunk side panel enough free play to unhook the retaining hook, holding the lower trunk side panel and lower right side panel together. If you feel you need more free play, remove more of these screws in the trunk.
7. With the rear foot peg extended you should now be able to slide the aft side of the lower right side panel downward and toward you over the aft foot peg. (It is easier if you remove the foot peg it’s only two bolts)
The fit is tight, but with a little jiggling you should be able to clear the foot peg. At the same time you will see the lower trunk side cover extending / bending outward because of the retaining hook. With the screw from step 6 removed, the play should be plenty to bend it outward enough to unhook it from the side panel. In the manual unhooking these panels looks easy, but I couldn’t do it without removing this little screw. Otherwise cracking was inevitable.
8. Remove the bolt which holds the bracket which holds the battery (with a 10mm socket in my case) and remove the bracket.
9. Lift the battery out of its tray, slide it forward, turn it towards you and slide it out, after removing the cables. You can remove (part of) the cables with the battery in its tray, but you should be able to remove both the cables when you have the battery half out of its tray. (Note the extra wires for the Battery tender and alarm system and there positions of + or -)
10. Step 1 thru 9 took 5 minutes (first time). Installing the battery is another thing, it took 10 minutes. I think most of the time was trying to reconnect the cables to the battery, while the battery was half in its tray. Be aware of the (2) little square nuts inside the (2) battery cable connectors. They are loose and will fall into somewhere where you can’t get them out easily.
I cut a garden hose rubber gasket in half and stuck the behind to hold the nuts.
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