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The rod was in the kit as it was a supersede part by then.On my old K0 I used the spring and ball bearing and the chap that bought the bike 5 years ago is still adding loads of miles and it is still going strong as, he keeps in contact
Quote from: Trigger on June 11, 2020, 08:26:44 AMThe rod was in the kit as it was a supersede part by then.On my old K0 I used the spring and ball bearing and the chap that bought the bike 5 years ago is still adding loads of miles and it is still going strong as, he keeps in contact Good point ...nice he kept in touch .... I just ordered the upgraded shift drum bolt parts from CMS via DS though while they are still available and not mega money, as I was ordering other stuff .. bet you used a new 'O' ring though Graham .... the old parts will come in handy for one of my CB250's. All of these years restoring Honda's a never yet ordered a sigle part directly from CMS.
Reading through Service Bulletin #4 (originally provided by BryanJ .. big thanks mate)... I spotted this in the pic. attached. Surely Honda wouldn't penny-pitch and tell you to re-use an 'O' ring. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z8s0vpxu8niqva3/AAC1D8GaKGw_tvX0y2-CTcHaa?dl=0It's interesting that the kit also contained a new --323-- clutch push rod......you know the ---323---one .. it breaks into two pieces. Previously, as fitted on my own 500K0, they used a CB450K1 onward ---292--- push-rod ('conventional' one piece steel part). I wonder what was wrong with the old style ---292--- push-rod and why that was changed and provided with the upgrade kit?The original shift mechanism was obviously a carry-over design from the CB250/350K range as it's almost identical in design and uses parts common to the ---286-- engine. Some background scary story here from the US about the gearbox/shift problem:-http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,14675.msg1838670.html#msg1838670This is the Kit for anyone who has never seen one: https://www.ebay.com/p/1522941856