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Gear shift pivot play fix?
K2-K6:
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--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 21, 2021, 06:41:44 PM ---I'm wondering Ted why Honda made the gear lever curved, is it so it avoids hitting anything?
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I think it was simply to make a mundane looking, vital part have some form of artistic presence as well Ken. It's similar to thee swoop of the headers etc.....I'd like to think anyway.
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It may be as a small guide to prevent the side of your boot getting between the main lever and the other part of the mechanism without having to make a specific "shield" to achieve it.
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CB 350 Four is other way curved.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 21, 2021, 06:28:17 PM ---No Ted, the pivot pin located on the footrest bar was what I meant.
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I've ordered a new lever from Bertums so we will see how bad it it.
This is the back of the pivot pin Ken.
.back of lever pivot pin by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
Bryanj:
Looks like a press fit welded to me so should be replaceable
TrickyMicky:
Hi Ted, I think I'm correct in saying that many of us here are in a fairly similar age group, and can possibly remember when these bikes were introduced. It was a time of 400/4's, Yam LC hooligan bikes, Kawasaki 3 cylinder suicide missiles. The young wannabees that bought them just filled the petrol tanks, kicked the tyres, and wrung their throttle cables to breaking point. The fact that so many of them survived says a lot about the build quality!
I'm sure that you, me, and many others here were brought up with a view to a certain amount of mechanical sympathy. One of the old adages that was drummed into me was "if it moves, oil it". I shouldn't think many of these original gear linkages saw a drop of grease in their life. I've been very fortunate that I bought my bike in 1988 from an enthusiast, and it's had a fair bit of TLC ever since. I am still running the original gear linkage, but I had it re-chromed about 5 years ago. So, I know you won't forget to fill that mid section of the spigot with grease, and if you can, get hold of an aerosol can of 'dry' grease with a nozzle and fill inside the rubbers on the rose joints. Have fun. Mike.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: TrickyMicky on November 22, 2021, 12:26:52 PM ---Hi Ted, I think I'm correct in saying that many of us here are in a fairly similar age group, and can possibly remember when these bikes were introduced. It was a time of 400/4's, Yam LC hooligan bikes, Kawasaki 3 cylinder suicide missiles. The young wannabees that bought them just filled the petrol tanks, kicked the tyres, and wrung their throttle cables to breaking point. The fact that so many of them survived says a lot about the build quality!
I'm sure that you, me, and many others here were brought up with a view to a certain amount of mechanical sympathy. One of the old adages that was drummed into me was "if it moves, oil it". I shouldn't think many of these original gear linkages saw a drop of grease in their life. I've been very fortunate that I bought my bike in 1988 from an enthusiast, and it's had a fair bit of TLC ever since. I am still running the original gear linkage, but I had it re-chromed about 5 years ago. So, I know you won't forget to fill that mid section of the spigot with grease, and if you can, get hold of an aerosol can of 'dry' grease with a nozzle and fill inside the rubbers on the rose joints. Have fun. Mike.
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I loaded a syringe without a needle to pump the joints full of grease!
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