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OAP Ted's CB400F2 rebuild - engine not run for about 12 years.
Bryanj:
Plate glass is perfect for the job
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
As I am waiting for parts from DS I decided to make the earth connections for my indicator lamps & fit the front indicator lamps - a bit boring - yes it's not the standard headlamp but decided to keep the original headlamp frame to help with stabalizing the new light. I might have to shorten one of the new earth leads. The headlamp bolt spacers are a temporary mock up to see how it all fits - ideas stolen from Allan Kelly.
The eagle eyed members will have noted I have a new garage door as my old one was worn out after 31 years.
.front idicators fitted by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I forgot to take a photo of the top of the block with the four dowels, seals, oil restrictors etc in place - well covered in the manual & the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfCwpDsP_5E)
With the camchain tensioner blades both in place I lowered the head partway down the studs so I could feed the tensioner blades through the cylinder head tunnel/slot. The camchain that had a long cable tie attached was fed through the gap between the two blades. Head went down engaging easily with the dowels. Fitted the copper washers & domed nuts in place with the doughty washers, correct nuts fitted to the studs in the spark plug access hole. Fitted rear tensioner blade top cap in place having fitted new plastic clip earlier - finger tightened , front blade in slot on head.
Torqued down cylinder head in sequence as per manual working in stages of 8, 12, 16 then finally 19.6 Nm - lost count of how many circuits of the bike stand I walked during this process. Finally torqued down the two bolts on the cam tensioner top cap. Spark plugs loosly back into head to keep out muck.
I have fitted the tensioner top cap the wrong way around in the picture so had to change it,
.cylinder head fitted by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
Nurse Julie:
That's looking great Ted.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Whilst I had the energy left decided to fit the camshaft in position - once I had reversed the top retaining cap for the tensioner arm I could get the chain on the top sprocket.lol
It took me a few nano seconds to spot my error.
Timing mark on TDC for cylinders 1 & 4 I used the big nut on the primary drive gear to rotate the engine, threaded the camshaft carefully into position cutting off the cable tie slipping the chain onto the sprocket until the timing marks lined up horizontally.
I rotated the camshaft to align with the sprocket holes & bolted it in position with the large disc plate in place. Now I am either very lucky that the holes lined up first time if it's an offset lug on the camshaft or I need to check that it on compression for number 1 cylinder on the cam lobes?
.TDC crank marks by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
.cam timing marks by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
It's not arterial blood but an excess of assembly lube in the photo
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