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Misc / Open / Re: USE OF BUS LANES
« Last post by Seabeowner on Today at 07:53:52 PM »
Done.
Only bus lanes around here are Slough and they are all OK to use.
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CB500/550 / Re: CB550 Oil Filter Bolt Removal
« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 06:30:08 PM »
Thanks for that.
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CB500/550 / Re: CB550 Oil Filter Bolt Removal
« Last post by K2-K6 on Today at 05:58:38 PM »

 "I have a cheaper Bahco set it was about £20 back in 2021 not sure why this one is so much more expensive.
Not sure what they/yoou  mean by "pass through" ?"

Both the socket and it's drive are hollow Ted.

Describing my set ... the sockets are driven by external hex (19mm think ) rather than 3/8 etc square, with the extension bar hollow too.

Think they were originally for "stud" work so you could slide the assembly over long bolts rather than need "deep" sockets.

Coincidentally, they can be arranged to make very competent plug spanner (plug top just goes inside the extension bar) and seem to fit into various cylinder head recesses easily, while not having too high bulk around head to prevent competent alignment etc.

By no means essential, but do work in quite severely restricted installation .... in some cases.

Mine also with "Swan neck" gentle curve in ratchet handle that gives very shallow stack height, guess low profile would be good description, but also flips over to place the handle up or down in relation to surrounding frame bits etc.

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CB500/550 / Re: Has anyone used these coils?
« Last post by beardylondon on Today at 05:51:37 PM »
Cheers!
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CB500/550 / Re: Plugs fouling at idle
« Last post by K2-K6 on Today at 05:07:30 PM »
Quote from: deltarider on Today at 04:36:22 PM
Quote from: Bryanj on Today at 03:44:46 PM
Why not? If you can design for whole numbers you can design for half way
In my understanding most of us took the D8ES-L heat range for in between 7 and 8.

Thats my view of extending the central electrode out into the combustion chamber too. It would allow it to heat more than a straight 8 to raise potential tip temperature, but not as much or as far as a 7 ..... well that's how I visualise it, whether that's true or not.

Any arrangement with longer route from porcelain at tip into the surrounding structure SHOULD  make the tip retain more temperature  .... that's generally what plug design achieves.

Wouldn't an 8.5 be called a "9-L" by that description  ?
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CB500/550 / Re: Plugs fouling at idle
« Last post by Johnwebley on Today at 04:50:14 PM »
Using the 8-L would make them even more prone to fouling at tickover and low load,

Must be for high load ,like racing

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CB500/550 / Re: Plugs fouling at idle
« Last post by deltarider on Today at 04:36:22 PM »
Quote from: Bryanj on Today at 03:44:46 PM
Why not? If you can design for whole numbers you can design for half way
In my understanding most of us took the D8ES-L heat range for in between 7 and 8.
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CB500/550 / Re: CB550 Oil Filter Bolt Removal
« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 03:49:57 PM »
Quote from: K2-K6 on April 24, 2024, 10:37:03 AM
As interesting alternative Ted

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390062925510 these are flank drive and very low profile ratchet head for access.

Another point for interest (I've already had an alternative manufacturer set like this) is that they make extremely good plug spanner setup for these 4 cylinder Honda engines, with the "pass through " arrangement being able to use the extension and a socket to drop over the plug .... being hollow, both item ... to make very useful reach and access for those two central plugs.

You'd need to check that plug facility yourself though as mine is a different make (now not available) Bahco also owned by SO too.

I have a cheaper Bahco set it was about £20 back in 2021 not sure why this one is so much more expensive.
Not sure what they/yoou  mean by "pass through" ?
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CB500/550 / Re: Rocker Housing - Stuck??
« Last post by Bryanj on Today at 03:46:23 PM »
It never has in all the years i been doing them, BUT i do make sure the nut runs free
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CB500/550 / Re: Plugs fouling at idle
« Last post by Bryanj on Today at 03:44:46 PM »
Why not? If you can design for whole numbers you can design for half way
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