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DOH! Ignition point system memory failure

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taysidedragon:
Allen screws/socket head set screws. 😁👍

Mikep328:
Yeah, I put them on all my Japanese bikes bike in the day...now I'm taking them off and putting JIS screws back in their place.  And, back in the day I installed E-ignitions as soon as they became available and now I replaced the DSS E-ignition with OEM points.  Go figure...;)


Johnny4428:
I did the same Mike with the screws, never liked the look of the Allen head screws on the 550, kept the e/ignition don’t have a problem with that. Still got the points plate if i need to fall back to old school!

TrickyMicky:
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I always thought that to see a nice smooth alloy casing adorned with those protruding socket head bolts gave it the appearance of something from a piece of WW1 military equipment.  BUT!!! back in the day, I have also used up my full quota of obscenities trying to remove the original screws with a conventional Philips screwdriver, nobody seemed to have heard about JIS then!  Earlier this year I was playing with a CL160, and I have to admit that when I replaced the clutch cover I compromised and obtained some rather neat little button head socket screws.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Back in the 1960s when I had to remove the clutch cover to separate the clutch plates as my 250 Dream, it had stood in a shed for a couple of years I had inherited chewed screw heads.

At great expense I purchased an all steel T shaped handled JIS driver from Fred Palin's the local dealer. You could hammer the end into the screws and apply great force via the T handle. I had to drill the heads off 3 or four of the screws.

Hence why I am happy to use SS Allen key headed screws on side covers but not in places where they can fill up with water. I  always blamed the quality of early Japanese alloy.

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