Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
The basics are simple but the devil is in the details.
Agreed.
I remember a guy once telling me that "Sales is the easiest
low-paying job, or the hardest
high-paying job that you'll ever have."
Take your time. Be organized, patient, methodical, and meticulous. Keep your tools and your work area clean and organized. Have good lighting. Use photographs, diagrams, or stacking-the-stuff-on-a-zip-tie method to arrange things that you remove (to ensure that they go back in the right order).
Start to get an understanding of lubrication and torque basics. As you remove anything from your bike, think about what it is, what it does, how it does it, and why each piece of its design was designed
that way.
Have fun!