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OAP Ted's CB400F2 rebuild - engine not run for about 12 years.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 16, 2021, 03:07:58 PM ---My solution has arrived and it works very well Ted, TBH it's so simple I'm sure I'm not the first to do it. The original pins were 6mm and the nearest imperial size is 1/4" which is around 6.3mm, so I sourced some 1/4" stainless clevis pins, measured and found 1 1/2" would be long enough and ordered those. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323993236763?var=513035785363
The pins fitted the outer part of the footrest perfectly, so that shows how wide they'd gone, the inner ones it wouldn't go down, almost but not quite, so ordered a new 1/4" drill bit and that's fixed that. The length is better as well, very slightly too long but that allows a washer to go behind the head so stops that wearing the metal of the footrest bracket as it rotates, the 6mm ones wouldn't allow this. If you haven't compressed the outer bracket like I did it would also allow a washer or maybe 2 to go between the footrest and the bracket and still fit.
Looking to see if I can find some 21/64" ones for the front now, might have some specially made, can't be doing with sloppy footrests. Or maybe I'll try some 3/8" pins.
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I'll never carry a pillion so for me its academic just don't like to see frame brackets with nothing attached.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
After a few days wrestling with a mild dose of the Black Dog I did a bit more today - fitted the carbs & inlet 4 into 1 box - had to fit the carbs first as they would not go into the frame already attached.
.Carbs & airbox fitted by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
Sesman:
Looking really nice, Ted.
Keep up the pressure, it will come together quite fast from there.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Sesman on October 22, 2021, 01:06:19 PM ---Looking really nice, Ted.
Keep up the pressure, it will come together quite fast from there.
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At the moment the cooler weather is slowing me down - as I expected as winter approaches- my stable Angina condition can trip in unexpectedly when the air is cold in the mornings - I get plenty of warning warning signs so it's manageable but if I'm not careful the Black Dog then descends and sapps my energy - not helped by recent poor sleep patterns.
I'm pleased with my progress - I can do some jobs like wheel bearings in my heated garage annexe - I'm looking at heating my workspace if needs must as it gets colder outside.
Sesman:
Yes, keep,warm and active, Ted. I find bright lighting helps too?. If you have fluorescent tube lights it might help to get some 6000k natural daylight tubes?
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