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« on: November 02, 2016, 11:16:15 AM »
youll be fine with that, i ran an 8ah battery in my kick only cb550 running a motogadget m unit and points ignition for a year with no trouble. the dyna ignition is a little more thirsty than points but not much.
Phil
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« on: October 27, 2016, 09:06:08 AM »
I have them on my 550, quality is great, cant fault em.
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« on: October 17, 2016, 04:52:50 PM »
looks like car oil, might not be the best for the wet clutch in your cb.
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« on: October 17, 2016, 03:23:21 PM »
looks like piston ring blow by to me. did you replace the piston rings with the rebuild?
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« on: October 03, 2016, 01:12:38 PM »
I have one i think, was bought for my cb550 (was advertised as a 550 one) but the spline was smaller than the shaft.
if this sounds correct, message me and ill flog it to you cheap as i have no use for it.
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« on: September 30, 2016, 04:35:48 PM »
Philgresty mentioned a blocked breather pipe. Not expecting much I removed the breather hose from the bottom of the airbox and just left it open to air, still connected at the other end to the top of the head. Took bike for a run, about half an hour, and guess what......no leaks. I don't know why as I have put all new parts in the airbox ie filter. The "element" is not available anymore so I made in as someone suggested out of scotchbrite, the green scouring pad stuff. Incidentally, when I bought the bike, thus hose was unattached to the airbox so I'm wondering if the previous owner had the same issue.
Anyway, any thoughts would be most welcome but as for now at least I come home with dry trousers and boots
glad my suggestion has seemed to do the trick for you, hopefully thats all it was, too much crankcase pressure.
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« on: September 23, 2016, 03:35:51 PM »
I had a similar problem when my crankcase breather was blocked, creating too much crankcase pressure and pushing oil out of anywhere it could. clean all the oil off and replace the crankcase breather hose.
if its not this, most likely the oil passage o rings between the head by the head gasket, these are known to leak on 550s.
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« on: August 26, 2016, 06:06:33 PM »
Im not fully sure, it goes away as soon as i shift, but then comes back as soon as i bring up the revs in gear.
i came across another post where a guy had the exact same symptoms and his too was the same problem.
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« on: August 26, 2016, 01:33:57 PM »
Right guys, i now know what the rattle was, the kickstart shaft wasnt fully disengaging, the teeth are slightly touching, i can see them hitting as i turn the engine by hand. Makes sense as i thought the noise was a kickstart one but quieter. Im going to whip it out and either replace or figure out what has gone erong with it.
Iv had my fingers up through the sump and i cant feel anywhere the primary chain has rubbed, nor is there any glitter/debris in the oil so i think ill do the primary chain in the winter months rather than now.
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« on: August 25, 2016, 10:26:20 AM »
Phil, the noise IS the chain hitting the case. There will be noise of course from the chain itself but it's running in a bath of oil so any noise it makes is muted by that oil. The reason the noise goes away when it's in gear is because when in neutral the chain is not under any load so it lashes around, as soon as you select a gear the chain now has to pull the gearbox shafts and the rest of the clutch around as well and that tightens it up enough for the chain to stop hitting anything. You see the same effect on the rear chain, accelerate and it goes rigid, roll off the throttle and you can see the chain go slacker.
Replace the primary drive rubbers as well when you replace the chain or it will have a much shorter life.
At the moment the damage it is doing is fairly minimal, if it was really bad you'd be seeing little flecks of alloy in the oil, however it does need doing sooner rather than later, maybe a job for the winter
Hey man, the noise gets louder and faster if i rev it still in neutral, does that still make sense that the primary chain is hitting, i would think it would tighten up and maybe stop as i revved it even in neutral
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« on: August 24, 2016, 09:39:23 PM »
surely i can rule out the primary chain hitting the cases as being the noise? as it only does it in neutral.
Iv not heard any noise from it contacting the cases, only noticed it when i took the sump off to investigate.
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« on: August 24, 2016, 08:33:17 PM »
carbs were synced yesterday and are perfect, its a different kind of noise to the unbalanced one.
like a ratcheting click, and completely dissappears when shifted into gear, but not when i pull the clutch in
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« on: August 24, 2016, 07:41:08 PM »
Hey guys. was riding today when by bike started making a loud ratcheting tick in neutral from the clutch/gearbox area, only in neutral though, as soon as shifted into 1st or 2nd it ceases completely. sounds alot like when your kickstarter is pushed down after the engine is started, only quieter. I pulled off the pan, there is no debris in it and no glitter in the oil. Could it be the clutch needs replacing? seems odd to only make noise in neutral. Whilst i had the pan off, i thought it may be the primary chain, upon inspection, there seems alot of play, if i push against it, it'll make contact with the case. Is This Shot? Im currently uploading a video to show you guys. Am i best pulling out the engine to change the primary chain and see if i can find the cause of the clutch area noise? https://youtu.be/8_DFhw43K4Q. VIDEO OF PRIMARY CHAIN HERE
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« on: August 15, 2016, 08:23:01 AM »
Hey, i'm actually after a stock seat, would you sell yours by any chance?
Cheers
Phil
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