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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #435 on: January 18, 2018, 10:27:47 PM »
You never know 30 years time I might be on Shed & Buried  and you might spot it under a pile of crap.
It will give me plenty of time to make up a ridicules back story for it.  ;D
In 30 years time I will be Dead and Buried and not worrying about what's in your shed  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #436 on: January 18, 2018, 10:32:57 PM »
Plan on dyeing young then do you.   :-*
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #437 on: January 18, 2018, 10:36:46 PM »
Plan on dyeing young then do you.   :-*
I'm not planning to die young Mick but, who knows when your ticket is going to expire. Anyways, 30 years time I will be almost 87 and not getting any younger  ;D ;D ;D ;D :-*
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #438 on: February 10, 2018, 08:01:01 AM »
Mick.   After reading Julie's rebuild thread, you should be inspired to blow the dust off your spanners and have a go yourself.
Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #439 on: February 10, 2018, 06:39:27 PM »
I would love to strip and rebuild it myself I just don't get the same amount of spare time as you older chaps and chapets.
Its always one step forward two steps back as now I have to rebuild the little CG as my idiot brother crashed it.  ::)
I am a step closer now though as I finally got around to doing the headrace bearings on the Pegaso.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #440 on: February 10, 2018, 06:43:44 PM »
If I ever get really bored and feel life's not worth living unless I rebuild another CB400/4, I will do your for you. Hope your Brother is OK?.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #441 on: February 10, 2018, 06:48:08 PM »
He's fine idiots bounce well.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #442 on: March 31, 2018, 07:54:59 PM »
Going back 2 days.

I put the dowels in and as these dowels have oil coming up through them, Trig said that he always fits an ‘O’ ring around the dowel, just in case. This ‘O’ ring is not mentioned anywhere in the service manual and does not come in the gasket set. Trig punched out the hole in the gasket just a little larger to accommodate the seal. I then fitted the gasket, trying it both ways round to make sure I had ‘the best fit’. In fact this pattern gasket set has been very good for sizes, shape, holes in the exact right place etc. I then dropped in the cam blades making sure they located correctly.

The extra 'O' ring Trig fitted

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Can you remember what size the extra o-ring is Julie, and what size did Trig punch out the gasket to. Nice work on the rebuild. Cheers.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #443 on: March 31, 2018, 08:04:26 PM »
Going back 2 days.

I put the dowels in and as these dowels have oil coming up through them, Trig said that he always fits an ‘O’ ring around the dowel, just in case. This ‘O’ ring is not mentioned anywhere in the service manual and does not come in the gasket set. Trig punched out the hole in the gasket just a little larger to accommodate the seal. I then fitted the gasket, trying it both ways round to make sure I had ‘the best fit’. In fact this pattern gasket set has been very good for sizes, shape, holes in the exact right place etc. I then dropped in the cam blades making sure they located correctly.

The extra 'O' ring Trig fitted

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Can you remember what size the extra o-ring is Julie, and what size did Trig punch out the gasket to. Nice work on the rebuild. Cheers.
No Roy, I can't tell you the size of the O ring because Trig can't remember  ::)
But, it fitted nicely over the dowel and Trig punched the gasket out to the correct size to accommodate the O ring. I'm not even going to have a guess at the size but I'm sure you will find something that will fit and do the job.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #444 on: April 13, 2018, 05:47:45 AM »
Would I be right in saying that the oring section would just be slightly thicker than the gasket so I would imagine that it would be a pretty thin oring and not one of these that you get in the generic oring kits also I think it would be nitrile as there is a fair bit of heat.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #445 on: April 15, 2018, 10:51:39 PM »
I was just reading some of the earlier pages regarding spark plugs. NGK recommend D8EA plugs in the CB400 F1/F2 not the resistor type. www.NGKpartfinder.co.uk the site is a bit long winded but easy enough to navigate.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #446 on: April 15, 2018, 11:28:45 PM »
D8EA's are what i started using early last year to resolve a hot idle problem. Worked a treat.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #447 on: April 17, 2018, 06:47:10 PM »
Much excitement today in the House of Hondas, I have got all my carb bits back from the platers. I just need to find them in this pile and rebuild the carbs and I can get this old girl back on the road. Yipeeeeee, so excited. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #448 on: April 17, 2018, 06:54:04 PM »
They all look nice.

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Looks like one of these games for vintage Honda owners to while away those long dark nights out on the fens.

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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #449 on: April 17, 2018, 07:00:04 PM »
Did you have to keep the  stuff for platers
It looks like its come out really well
I need to find a decent plater can you recommend


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