Thurnis_Hailey
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Hey Everyone!
I got a little carried away in my new member post so a lot of this is a repost of what I put in there, but I've tried to a little more info here.
I just picked up a ‘76 CB360T last week and I’m planning to do the following maintenance on it, fortunately it runs right now but it’s idle is rough and I’m getting some smoke out of the carburetor after it's been running for a few minutes,
1. Drain oil, remove right crankcase and clean oil filter, replace right crankcase cover with hex head screws for easier access next time. I'm planning to leave the oil drained while I complete the following maintenance, do you see any issues with this?
2. Adjust cam chain
3. Adjust valve clearance
4. Set ignition timing
5. Clean carburetors
6. Replace pod air filters from previous owner with original reproduction filters
7. Add oil back into engine
8. Let engine idle for 10 minutes, then sync carbs
So that's probably more than I can chew for my first maintenance on a motorcycle ever, but I think it will help my idling issues and the smoke from the carbs. I’ve been relying pretty heavily on the those guys in Houston YouTube channel for how to do most of these procedures, and I had the .pdf copy of the service manual printed and bound at QuikPrint since it’s like 170 pages, but has a lot of good information that’s nice and quick to have on hand instead of having to get all the info from a video or going back to your laptop (to much) while I’m working through all this. I've already started to see a lot of mixed opinions about those guys in Houston so im trying not to rely on them so much and follow the Service manual more closely instead, any additional resources would be great!
I'm planning on doing all of this at the same time probably over the course of a week while the bike is on bike stands in my garage.
Anyways, open to all suggestions/advice to the maintenance list, thank you!
Proper mufflers are coming next once I get through this list!

I got a little carried away in my new member post so a lot of this is a repost of what I put in there, but I've tried to a little more info here.
I just picked up a ‘76 CB360T last week and I’m planning to do the following maintenance on it, fortunately it runs right now but it’s idle is rough and I’m getting some smoke out of the carburetor after it's been running for a few minutes,
1. Drain oil, remove right crankcase and clean oil filter, replace right crankcase cover with hex head screws for easier access next time. I'm planning to leave the oil drained while I complete the following maintenance, do you see any issues with this?
2. Adjust cam chain
3. Adjust valve clearance
4. Set ignition timing
5. Clean carburetors
6. Replace pod air filters from previous owner with original reproduction filters
7. Add oil back into engine
8. Let engine idle for 10 minutes, then sync carbs
So that's probably more than I can chew for my first maintenance on a motorcycle ever, but I think it will help my idling issues and the smoke from the carbs. I’ve been relying pretty heavily on the those guys in Houston YouTube channel for how to do most of these procedures, and I had the .pdf copy of the service manual printed and bound at QuikPrint since it’s like 170 pages, but has a lot of good information that’s nice and quick to have on hand instead of having to get all the info from a video or going back to your laptop (to much) while I’m working through all this. I've already started to see a lot of mixed opinions about those guys in Houston so im trying not to rely on them so much and follow the Service manual more closely instead, any additional resources would be great!
I'm planning on doing all of this at the same time probably over the course of a week while the bike is on bike stands in my garage.
Anyways, open to all suggestions/advice to the maintenance list, thank you!
Proper mufflers are coming next once I get through this list!








