Honda-SOHC

Hi all, Happy Christmas.

With nothing else to do before dinner this afternoon, i decided to use the time to try, finally to get my 400F2 running; yes the same one I started resurrecting during the pandemic.

Anyway, I sorted some minor electrical problems and power was getting to where it was supposed to be (and when). Even thought the battery voltage had fallen to 12,4 or thereabouts, I decided to try and start it up. 

It coughed once on the kick start and then nothing. I tried it on the started and then I was hit on the head by the air filter cover.

Here I stopped, as dinner was nearly ready, and I wasn't sure exactly what this meant.

Can anyone explain and advise whether it is safe to try again with a fully charged battery, or have I done something seriously wrong in the rebuild?

🤣🤣 Now that is confusing ; rod, arm, plate, cam ....

I take it that 10mm is measured before turning the adjusting nut on the rod

I'm almost there ... almost!

I posted by mistake on the US site, but they'll all be in bed still, so apologies for this getting a double post.

I'm trying to adjust the rear brake pedal and spring. The first issue is that the pedal either sits too high or hits the exhaust when depressed.

Looking at the return spring, and having seen several related posts, it all looks to me a bit loose; the spring that is. I have the spring positioned as in the photos, which I think is correct.

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The first photo is with the actuator rod loose to show the position of both ends of the spring (one covered by rubber tube) and the second is with the rod "tight".

Can anyone confirm the spring is correctly located and then advise how to position the brake pedal, using the split in the lever as a reference; I currently have it at about 10 o'clock.

Thanks.

Rounding the corner into the final straight on CB400F restoration; the trouble is that I can't remember the detail of some things done a couple of years back. I'm struggling with the points and timing, but that's another story.

What I need to know is whether there is an oil seal on the gear selector shaft outside the crankcase.

I can see one on the parts fiche (PN 91206-286-005/013), and I have the relevant seal, but looking at the bike, the OD seal is too big for the hole where I don't know if it's supposed to go.

That sort of answers my question, but humour me!

So no-one has had any experience of the FEW contact breakers?

I knew the points were interchangeable, but not the plate; I'll maybe look into that.

I'm scouring EBay for TEC points, which is how I came across the ones above.

For any who remember where I started a few years ago, here are a couple of pics.


I have a week to get it finished!! 🫰

Quote from: Mikep328 on August 25, 2023, 10:21:55 AM

I see that DSS has chrome/chrome shocks for about 2x the price of the Legends.  Are the DSS shocks actually better shocks to justify the higher price?

I've been using Ikon 7610-1296 SP8 on my CB750F1 for the last 5 years after first wasting 170 quid on Jap made DSS supplied shockers that started to leak after a year when the warranty expired.

I got IKON shocks directly from the factory in Australia. They were shipped with one spring upside down - with reference to the other one as it seems you can mount them either way.

That said, even mounted as they came, they were good.