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Looking great Roy and fantastic attention to detail and great explanations.I was told by a Bomber Guru (who owns quite a few and restored and sold even more) that the 4-speed crank bearings were a carry over from the ones used in the Honda racing engines and that the later 5-speed crank bearings were problematic for the K1 and there were quite a few part number changes before the problem was sorted out. Hope to pop in for a cuppa (or 'brew' as you guys call it ) when myself & Cathy are next over your way.
I worried after reading the last post, I can’t check right now (I’m up a French Alp) but I’m pretty sure that my CL450 has 8 of the domed nuts holding the head down.The CMS online parts book shows, like your bike, two domed nuts and six plain, quite why and when my bike got eight domed ones is lost in the mists of time, however as long as it has the right nuts on the two oil feed studs, which it has, as long as the other six aren’t bottomed out (hard to check) there shouldn’t be a problem.
You did fit copper washers under the two right hand side nuts didn't you?