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Title: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: alexdecker on September 07, 2021, 05:35:29 PM: Hey all

I can't find this part, where the side mirror screws into anywhere? My thread is completely stripped, so wanted to get a new part if possible. Anybody knows what it's called?

- Alex

(https://i.imgur.com/I39NW0a.jpg)
Title: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: allankelly1 on September 07, 2021, 05:38:13 PM: Its part of the lower L/H switch gear assembly

Best wishes Al

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Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: Bryanj on September 07, 2021, 11:17:01 PM: It can be helicoiled if the correct pitch is available
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: matthewmosse on September 08, 2021, 10:22:22 PM: I think its m10 x1.5 from memory so easy enough to get helicoil that size if my memory is correct.
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: alexdecker on September 09, 2021, 01:07:35 PM: Thanks for the help! I think I will try and source and original part. Those extenders, helpful as they would be, are rather unsightly :) I really appreciate the help and links though!

- Alex
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: matthewmosse on September 10, 2021, 10:45:15 PM: Look at breaking point in Scotland, they had some switchgears for sale on Ebay in job lots, I picked up a few spares off there recently. I incidentally found I've had the 'wrong' swichgear on the left of my bike for years, keeping it though, the correct ones a bit more square and chunky looking than mine, which looks rather more like a mirror image of the 'correct' right switchgear. I did get offered a cb550 left switchgear via my mate the other day from a guy in Portsmouth I could find out more. He was picking up a top yoke for his cb350.
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: Sesman on September 11, 2021, 11:05:00 AM: Hi, Alex.

As promised, mirror dimensions.
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: alexdecker on September 12, 2021, 10:00:22 AM: Quote from: Sesman on September 11, 2021, 11:05:00 AM
Hi, Alex.

As promised, mirror dimensions.

This is amazing, thank you for that!
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: Sesman on September 12, 2021, 10:10:06 AM: You are very welcome. Great source of info and help this site.
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: alexdecker on January 18, 2022, 03:17:24 PM: I have found several sellers on eBay selling this part, but they all state the part is for different models. Sometimes its for the K1. Othertimes the K2 og K3.

I have the CB550 F2 1978.

Did the switch signal switch for the CB550 change at all during all the models, or can I use one from the K1 on the F2?

- Alex
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: Bryanj on January 18, 2022, 04:46:58 PM: Check the part number at cmsnl
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: andy120t on January 18, 2022, 05:10:53 PM: Does that speedo really read over 79k kilometers?
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: alexdecker on January 18, 2022, 05:21:49 PM: Yeah - its not the original though :)
Title: Re: Need help sourcing base part of left side mirror?
Post by: Seabeowner on January 18, 2022, 06:59:53 PM: K3 switch is for external wiring and not within bars. European models had a PA, but don't think US models had it.
Does the F wiring go to the box under tank (can't remember) in which case it will be longer?