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Title: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: amx1992 on August 24, 2020, 08:33:53 PM: The head on my bike looks like it has been skimmed badly, more on one end than the other. Does anyone know how thick the stock head is so I can work out how much has been removed?

Cheers
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: amx1992 on August 25, 2020, 05:59:29 PM: Does anyone have a 400 head and a micrometer or even calipers, they could measure rocker cover face to head gasket face for me, bit stuck atm.
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: Trigger on August 25, 2020, 08:25:32 PM: Head is 52.50 at the stud points in the picture indicated in red ;)

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Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: amx1992 on August 25, 2020, 08:40:44 PM: Absolute lifesaver, cheers trigger. Ill find out tomorrow how much has been skimmed off, i have a horrible feeling its a lot.
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: Trigger on August 26, 2020, 08:41:34 AM: If a 350 or 400/4 head has been skimmed, it is very easy to tell as, the head surface is very close to the bottom fins and will slightly touch the fins if a lot is skimmed of ;)

If the head surface is nearer the fins on one side of the head compared to the opposite side, then that is normal to old Honda castings .
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: amx1992 on August 26, 2020, 05:53:15 PM: Measured it and its only 0.05mm difference between sides, however 0.6mm (22 thou ish) has been skimmed off. Wonder if i can i get away with making a 1mm base gasket to compensate
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: Trigger on August 26, 2020, 06:29:17 PM: I am not sure where you are going with this. I skim heads day in, day out, so what is the problem with a head that has been skimmed. The aftermarket head gasket that you will be using is a lot thicker than the original Honda one that was fitted at the factory.
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: amx1992 on August 26, 2020, 06:52:42 PM: Fair enough, just thought 0.6mm was lot off the head, obviously i was wrong.
Title: Re: Cb400f head thickness
Post by: robvangulik on August 26, 2020, 07:58:27 PM: So long as the valves don't reach the pistons, you'll only have more compression, which will benefit performance.