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Clutch service limits CB500K1

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Bryanj:
One problem is people insist on lubing the Honda cables and genuine Honda cables have the outer nylon lined and the inner coated with what looks like rubber, oil type lubes swells both bits and makes them incredibly tight to pull

Popstar:
Ball bearing is correct size yes.

Seabeowner:
According to manual, spring length new is 31.9 and service limit 30.5. Just checked a couple of springs that came out of spare engine and they are about 30.9. (But no guarantees they are original as it had a strange mixture of plates and I have never run it) Also bear in mind Honda manuals have a few mistakes.
The 500 clutch is certainly heavier than 550s. The design came from the 450 and parts of the original concept hark back to much smaller bikes that Honda made.
Plates new are stated at 3.3mm

Popstar:
The bike is a former US import,I have read were they liked to put stronger springs in clutches in the states so that could account for the extra spring length, are the plate quantities correct metal/fibre?

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