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Anatomy of a CX500 Cdi unit
Woodside:
charming i did read that comment when you first put the link up..i will pop back over and read up see when they eat humble pie
at least you will have another 49700 trouble free miles..
keep going its a worthwhile pursuit...and i for one admire your efforts
SteveD CB500K0:
21k posts. Should know better.
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Trigger:
Fail from age.... So why was I fitting new ones to bikes that were less than 2 years old and low mileage units.
K2-K6:
That is quite a sniffy reply from murrayf. Also appears that he's commenting from habit rather than any real experience.
He quotes age, then states mileage at 50k when yours has completed 300 miles. Really doesn't seem like a very reasoned view.
Well worth going through it I think and we get the benefit of your skills in this area to inform us too.
All good to me.
mike the bike:
The potting, as previously discussed, wasn't always 100% which affects the solder joints due to atmospheric exposure and, over time, capacitors go leaky so it was always going be pot luck if a CDI lasts 50k or 500k. Upgrading with modern capacitors, metal film resistors etc, and re potting the pcb properly will make the CDI outlast the bike.
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