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CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE - NOW COMPLETE
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: mike the bike on January 04, 2018, 05:33:57 PM ---Just think to yourself. .. slowly, slowly, catchee monkey and they'll go in nice and easy.
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I hope so Mike.
Clem2112:
Wide cable ties can be used to hold the new rings in their grooves if ring compressors are not available... a bit fiddly and probably 2 ties are needed per piston.
Plenty of oil in the bores ( there may be something better out there that sticks to the cylinder walls for longer?). String and blocks to support the barrels helped too !
Worked for me and I was a newbie to the task having only ever fitted a new piston to a 2 stroke scooter !
Bryanj:
Recently done a 1200 wing, now they are a real pain in the butt, if you get proper Jubilee clips and not cheap copies they are wider and just cover the 3 rings to make it easier
Nurse Julie:
Fitted the new clutch lifter bearing. I had ordered the wrong one before. Even though there was nothing wrong with the clutch operation before I took the bike off the road, when I took this bearing out it and checked it, it sounded really scrunchy when moving it around so I decided to replace it. This is the only roller bearing I have changed throughout the build, the rest were fine and did not need changing.
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I also refitted the oil pump that I refurbed a few weeks ago. The oil pressure switch wire was not in a particularly good state so I made a new one and fitted it.
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And the engine is back in the frame. Unfortunately, at this stage I cannot put the front engine mounting brackets and bolts back on as I have engine crash bars fitted and the engine bolts act as the fitting points for the bars. If I fit the bars back on now, I cant get proper access to fit the side casings, ancillaries etc and it would be very close at the top when I put the barrels back on. I will fit all the side casings etc, the barrels and the rest of the top end and then bolt the engine in place with the crash bars. I have got the rear mounting bolt in place though.
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Integra99:
Looks fantastic... !
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