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« on: February 01, 2023, 11:15:07 AM »
Thanks for that trigger, appreciate it.
Having finally found a battery for my Vernier the crank journals do measure up slightly worn and a smidge below the 32mm nominal. Will be getting greens all round.
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« on: January 31, 2023, 01:44:09 PM »
Hi All,
Just in process of an engine rebuilt and have worked out what main bearings i need. Namely 6 yellows and 4 greens. The greens look to be in good supply, but can't say the same for the yellows. David silvers and CMSNL both out of stock, found another site over in japan but still nothing.
Does anyone have any leads on yellow bearings at all?
Any other solutions out there at all?
Toying with the idea of trying a green out and seeing how the clearance is with plastigauge.
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« on: December 22, 2020, 05:07:54 PM »
Well after a week or so of evening work I’ve got the loom and electrical bits finished off (baring the switchgear). Went for nylon braid & heat shrink instead of wrap as I prefer the finished look. Fuse box had been butchered in the past, it was missing the back (had some kind of putty in there) and the front cover. Lucky a mate was able to knock up the rear & front covers with his 3D printer. Had to renew most connectors and, after previous gash repairs, had to renew the live red cables from the start solenoid.
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« on: November 18, 2020, 09:31:20 PM »
After a few months off the project for work and family I’ve migrated back to the garage.
Stripped down the handlebar switchgear. Wiring was/is a right state. One side had previously been chopped, then just twisted together and taped up. These and other bits have now been soldered and heat shrink applied.
Started to tackle the wiring loom. Had an idea to replace it but it’s not as bad as I remember from tear down. A load of bullet connectors need replacing as they’ve previously been spray painted over. There’s also a run of red cable from the regulator to the fuse box that has previously been bodged up at every plug it runs through!!
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« on: November 09, 2020, 04:27:48 PM »
Perfect thank you.
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« on: November 09, 2020, 12:05:12 PM »
Hi guys,
It’s been a while since a disassembled my 400. Where does the big gaggle of bullet connectors for the handlebar switch gear usually sit once plugged into the main loom?? Got an idea it’s either on the frame rail going down in front of the engine or in the back of the headlight!!
Thanks in advance.
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« on: June 03, 2020, 09:25:13 PM »
Another few steps forward over the last few weeks.
Rear wheel fitted, torque arm and rear brake linkage.
New fork tubes to replace the pitted originals. Polished the fork bottoms. Then rebuilt forks with new seals and retainers.
Mounted front caliper, bracket etc.
Had a bit of an issue with the front wheel. The speedo drive was rubbing on the hub and binding up once the axle was tightened up. Ended up spacing the speedo drive, adding a shim on the axle between the drive and right hand bearing.
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« on: April 29, 2020, 09:36:27 PM »
thanks for the reply, quick question, do the 90 degree spokes fit from the inside of the hub out?
The ones with less angle go on the inside. The ones with greater angle go on the outside.
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« on: April 29, 2020, 09:34:07 PM »
just trying to respoke my front wheel and struggling. do you have a link to the info?
as the picture shows, did you put all the spokes in first then drop the rim on.
stick with me as its my first time as well
edit: no offset?
I used this walk through and it went bang on. http://www.rrrtoolsolutions.com/articles/motorcycle-wheel-lacing-for-hub-spokes-and-rim/As someone else said, look for witness marks from before. And direction of the holes on the rim too.
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« on: April 26, 2020, 02:51:28 PM »
Hubs were Matt aluminium I think.
No not Leeds, down in Suffolk, near Bury St Edmunds. The guy, Simon, has a Facebook page, Flying Tiger Paintwork. I had some rearsets and brackets done on my KTM a while back and not had an issue, brake and gear pedals wearing very well (loads better than paint or powder coat).
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« on: April 25, 2020, 09:34:58 PM »
Some more parts turned up this week. Rims and spokes.
First time I’d laced a wheel, and it showed. Followed a couple of online guides I found. Started on the front which went slow until I found my way. Then managed to get the rear done pretty quick.
Got to wait to borrow a mates wheel balance stand to get them true’d up.
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« on: April 15, 2020, 03:25:02 PM »
Well after 2 years from originally buying and posting in the forum I thought I better update on my progress so far.
The first year went pretty well and work progressed swiftly. The second year however was rather much slower, mainly down to a house extension and my CB being deposited in a storage unit for around 9 months. As you can imagine this slowed progress somewhat.
To date I’ve been concentrating on the chassis. The frame, Swingarm, yokes, centre stand and some other small stuff went of to be coated. I decided to use Cerakote and the finished articles came back excellent. The Swingarm required some repairs along the way after finding rust and filler in it!! Next along I got the hubs, front brakes items, spindles, engine bolts, Swingarm pivot, battery box and other item coated too.
So now, as you can see the frame, Swingarm, yokes and centre stand are back together. I’m just about to order some rims and spokes, and some fork tubes to try and push on a little further, I would like a rolling chassis by then end of the summer if possible and then move onto the engine.
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« on: April 07, 2018, 05:01:03 PM »
Hi Roger and welcome to the forum. Another CB400/4 owner, brilliant. What state is your bike in and where about in Lincs are you?
I’m just outside lincoln Nurse Julie, my normal biking routes take me over your way all the time, so once the CB is done hopefully you’ll see me knocking about. Bike is a half decent example for a 40 year old machine. Hadn’t been run much for the last year or 2, but a bit of work had it firing from cold after 3-4 kicks. Wanted to get it running before tearing the bike apart just to Know that the engine was ok. Did a comrpession test too. Think it had a half effort of restoration in the past but lots of rattle paint over corrosion, plus a few wiring loom disasters!!
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« on: April 07, 2018, 09:43:13 AM »
Just a quick hello from me,
I have just got hold of a 1978 400/4 and started stripping down for restoration. Loving the info and wealth of knowledge that is available from the forum.
Cheers all.
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