Honda-SOHC

If it helps I'm pretty sure I have my original one that I replaced with a less than perfect aftermarket one. Yours for the cost of postage if it helps as a practice part. PM me if this is of any use.(Yes it is sloppy).

I have tried a couple of times in the past to get the joint apart but failed! In the end I took the complete gear lever for chroming but as I knew the plater I asked him to do his best to avoid damaging the joint and to his credit it came back all ok. I don’t know anyone who has managed to separate the joint to reassemble it.

The actual joint is a weak spot on the 400/4 suffering with high wear and becoming sloppy.

I think Ken (Oddjob) on here did try to make a conversion using a rose joint arrangement, I don't know if he completed it. You may find something relating to it if you try a search on the 400 and 500 pages although when he left Ken deleted a lot of his posts unfortunately.

There is a wire circlip you need to winkle out with a fine pick.

Oddjob knows how - sadly Ken is currently suspended here.

Hi all,

I am trying to remove the rose joint from my gear lever so as it can be re-chromed. Please see photo for the bit I am referring to. Has anyone managed to remove these intact ? I've tried pressing it out using using a hammer & punch and also using a press. I've tried a bit of heat too. I am assuming it is press fitted and not threaded? How do people get them out or do people drill them out and replace with new?

Thanks
Bill.