can somebody please give me a few tips about performing these simple maintence procedures. im a honda newbie trying to help out a sweet girl. thanks

 

Clutch cable is pretty easy to adjust. If you follow the cable down to the tranny, just before where the cable attaches to the realease arm, there is a large (about 1 inch) plastic nut. If I remember correctly, clockwise tightens the cable and counterclockwise loosens it. If it hasn't been adjusted for a loooong time and there's currently no pedal freeplay, you may need to put a jack under the release arm and raise it up just a couple inches to release the pressure from the cable, then loosen the nut. Take the jack out and adjust the nut until there is about 1 inch of freeplay in the pedal. The nut sets down inside a rubber grommet thingy that keeps it from turning, so press the pedal down a few times to get it set in there before measuring the freeplay. If it's off, just repeat the above until it's where you want it. It takes quite a bit of fiddling to get it just right, but it's not hard at all.