rear sprocket

[Nurse Julie]

Just found in Haynes manual page 97 section 7-1 It states Pull out the spindle with the drive side adjuster and spacer As Trickymicky states would make it difficult fitting a tommy bar to assist removal

Yes Ross, it does say that, it also says that's for the CB500 closed fork ends 🤔

[Nurse Julie]

I'm not saying mine is correct being inserted from the brake side by the way 😊😊 What I'm saying is that I can see why I put mine in that way, purely because there is not enough clearance for it against the silencer if I had put it in from the other way.

Even David Silver puts it in same way as me 🤣🤣🤣

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[rosco]

So you can still insert a tommy bar without fouling the exhaust??  Or was the wheel fitted then the exhaust

[mike the bike]

Mine's like that too but my 2 mate's bikes are wrong.

[Nurse Julie]

So you can still insert a tommy bar without fouling the exhaust??  Or was the wheel fitted then the exhaust

Not sure you have the correct spindle for a 400/4 then. If you look at my photos, you can see the spindle is a fixed nut on the end. You don't need a tommy bar or screwdriver to put in a hole, as there is no hole. It sounds like you have a 550/750 style spindle with the big round chrome end on it and not the nut end like mine.

[Nurse Julie]

400/4 spindle fixed end nut

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500/750 spindle end

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[rosco]

Who's right and Who's wrong That is the question???  lol  TrickyMicky has an early 400 with footrests on the arm and his spindle is the same as mine His arm are closed ends Mine are open end  So maybe i have the early style spindle with later style arm !!!!! Parts catalogue shows both type arms but only one type spindle?Don't know why ??

[Nurse Julie]

Who's right and Who's wrong That is the question???  lol  TrickyMicky has an early 400 with footrests on the arm and his spindle is the same as mine His arm are closed ends Mine are open end  So maybe i have the early style spindle with later style arm !!!!! Parts catalogue shows both type arms but only one type spindle?Don't know why ??

Just been looking in to this Ross. Both you and I have F2's which have the open ended swing arm, which we both have. Up to VIN number 1065686 (so a lot earlier than ours) they had the spindle with the big chrome end on, with the hole, which is the one you have I assume. This style was a hangover from the CB350/4's of earlier years. After the above VIN, they fitted the fixed bolt type, like I have fitted on mine and what you should have fitted on yours. Why Michael has a closed end swing arm, I have no idea as all 400's were manufactured with the open end type, again, a hangover from the CB350/4. I'm sure it makes no odds which is fitted really as long as it does the job.

[Moorey]

Scrap that..my 400 does have an open end swing arm So, it doesn't matter which way the spindle goes in. (I was looking at the wrong bike 🤣🤣🤣🤣)

Shud av gone to spec savers.

Not so sure that's a good idea!

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Good one.

[rosco]

AS you say if it does the job I will fit it as i see fit, then fit exhaust,  If it needs turning round no probs 

[Nurse Julie]

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[TrickyMicky]

Y'know, once upon a time, there was a bloke who had a good memory but it was very short. Due to internal repairs needed, the bike has not even been looked at since last November. Unfortunately, DSS does not sell the required bits so it's in the hands of our beloved NHS! Dear Nurse Julie, (be gentle with me when the time arrives!), your comments re. rear wheel fittings re-activated the grey matter, and lo and behold, yes, I did have to obtain a replacement rear spindle, and it is the type requiring the use of a tommy-bar. Because of the size of the chrome end it could not be fitted in from the RH side, but as the spindle is pushed through from t'other end you have the castellated nut in position waiting to meet it and then use this to wind the spindle all the way through. I still have enough clearance between OE silencer and nut to be able to use a decent size ring spanner. The operation needing the gentle touch is inserting and folding over the split pin. I didn't word my previous message very well, when I said I had fixed footrest, I meant that they were frame fixtures and not knee benders! Having looked at some of my earlier photos, much to my amazement I see that my swinging arm fork ends have actually got slots! Notta Lotta people know that. I will endeavour to try and upload a couple of pics, but it keeps telling me they are over the limit. If its got 18" wheels and metric nuts I'm ok, but computers - NAH!

[TrickyMicky]

Oh Yeh, just one more thing, when purchasing a hydraulic bike lift, temper one's enthusiasm and measure the length of the platform first!!!!! As you can see, rear wheel fitting gets very interesting, hence the need for our beloved NHS!

[Nurse Julie]

Oh Yeh, just one more thing, when purchasing a hydraulic bike lift, temper one's enthusiasm and measure the length of the platform first!!!!! As you can see, rear wheel fitting gets very interesting, hence the need for our beloved NHS!

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[Nurse Julie]

Yours is an interesting bike Michael, being an early one by registration but with the frame mounted foot pegs. I know there was a time when the early ones which normally had the swing arm mounted pegs, had the later frame mounted ones but I cant remember where exactly in the production that was (I also have mushy brain syndrome).
Edit....had to look it up 🙄🙄🙄 1976 model year went to frame mounted foot pegs but was still in the early colours, ie Light Ruby Red and Varnish blue. Also had a locking fuel cap fitted from 76. So still an F model....not the F1 model.