Honda-SOHC

So, after all the fuss trying to get the right brake shoes turns out the brake plate was from a 550 (so the shoes I got were correct for that) but the wheels seem to be for a 650 and the two don’t appear to be compatible.

When everything was properly tightened up, the plate was rubbing on the hub rim, which explains why there was a washer inside pushing the plate away from the wheel hub, but that left a small gap which would have let moisture and dirt in I would think.

So ended up buying a 650 plate (with shoes) from eBay, which arrived today, and everything now fits properly!

Another learning experience!

Fun but could do without buying things that I don’t use. Hoping eventually to get some spoked wheels so will keep the 550 plate and new shoes I have in the hope I can use them on there.

Well they turned up (a day late thanks to FedEx mis-sorting it) and they fit perfectly.

Would you guys grease the pivot points or leave it alone?

These have been in there since at least 1998 when my Dad bought it as a box of bits. He rebuilt it and rode it once around 2000 but it still needed work that he never got around to. Not surprising that they have perished. Now I’m working through getting it back on the road. They were on the list to check.

Hub inner

Hello all

Went to change the chain and sprockets and found that one of the brake shoes had separated in the rear drum when I took the wheel off. Gotta love restoring bikes!

Anyway, the CB550F2 I’m working on has Comstar wheels on (don’t burn me, it came with them). The wheel size is showing MT 2.15x18 and N 18xMT2.15 878 DOT. The Shoes have H-283 on them.

It seems there are many different variants of this Comstar wheel so the brake setup is different across the range.

I can’t find any brake shoes listed with H-283.

At motorcycleproducts.co.uk they have quite a good search system by model etc.

If I’m measuring them correctly the shoes are 160mmx30mm (if I’m interpreting the guidance on the website correctly)

If I search by size 160 x 30, these look the closest but fitment says MZ. https://www.motorcycleproducts.co.uk/160mm-x-30mm-brake-shoes-001951/1/001951

If I go up to 160 x 40 these look spot on visually and the figment suggestions match a more plausible batch of bikes that would have likely been candidates for the wheel swap out with this 550 back in the day, but I don’t know if they’ll be ok at 10mm wider https://www.motorcycleproducts.co.uk/160mm-x-40mm-brake-shoes/1/001953?bike=10127_71

I wouldn’t be surprised if the previous owner skimped and put in the wrong size.

Can anyone here throw any light on what I should go for?

I’ve got more photos if it helps.

Many thanks

Anyone? Just need a rough idea of what size this is. The main one is the height off the frame. Would just like to get it as close as possible so the mudguard sits it the right place.

Cheers.

Brill. Thanks everyone. 

Yes does look good enough to eat