CB550k1 US Import - UK registration

[juitz]

I'm going to rebuild the ignition system, but could someone confirm the part in the pic is the lubricating felt as per the Haynes manual and part number?

I can't find it on CSMNL to order a replacement.

[Bryanj]

Yes it is but i dont think there is a seperate part number, if you are fitting new points and condensers its cheaper to buy the complete points plate from Dave Silver 30200-300-154.
Its £99 plus drat and shipping BUT  condensers from Honda are £46 plus EACH and points £ 28 EACH.
There is a lot of people on the US forum condeming aftermarket condensers as failing quickly and points as not accurate, personally i have not had a problem but the batch of condensers i bought was nearly 20 yrs ago

[juitz]

I have already purchased some aftermarket points and condensers from eBay. Prices nothing like the Honda parts though. But if reliability is a concern then I may go the David Silvers replacement - its only another £100 right! 😰

Note that I am going to be running this with the Hondaman ignition system.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

 I may go the David Silvers replacement - its only another £100 right! 😰

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That's another century to add to that lining in the money pit to stop cash leaking out

[Bryanj]

If you have the Hondaman kit the condensers dont matter as much as current accross points is minimal

[Oddjob]

I bought a batch of condensers from Andy Cepok, he advertised them as genuine but they were not in genuine blister packs like they used to be. I also bought quite a few sets of genuine points, in blister packs, and then what did I do, yep bought a Hondaman kit so I'll never get to use them as points will last and last.

As for the oven, I did my first cure in the oven the other day, I'm trying a complete restoration and renovation of a starter motor, completely in bits. They do get damaged a lot for some reason. Anyway the end caps had been sprayed in that Simoniz silver everyone's using for cases, so I thought I'd cure them, just in case. Did this before the missus came home, yes there were some fumes but when the missus came in and commented on the smell I said the oven was such a disgrace I decided to put it on a cleaning cycle where it heats up to it's hottest and burns all the old crud off the liners and that's what the smell was. She thanked me for being so thoughtful.

See, that's how you do it. You do need an oven with those liners though and a cleaning cycle.

[Laverdaroo]

Blagger!

[Sesman]

I pulled the same stunt. However……..during my second stint the circulation fan began to squeak and I had to replace it. Was this a coincidence or does the offgassing dry out the bearing surfaces……just wondering

[Oddjob]

Personally I'd get a points file and clean up the faces of the old points first. Don't change the condensers as those look original, unless of course they don't work. If using the Hondaman system the old points should be ok so long as the heels aren't worn, which those don't appear to be.

Evidently that felt was named by someone recently as maybe "hard felt" or something and you can buy it on Ebay. You just need someone to confirm the name so you can search for it, for some reason I seem to think it was JamesH.

[juitz]

Good stuff Odddjob - I'll keep the aftermarket units as spares and try to clean up the originals first.

And I think I've found the felt part
https://www.cmsnl.com/products/felt-oil_30205300154/

[juitz]

Hi all,

Any chance anyone knows what shims are used on the spark advancer mechanism. All the ones in mine are in bad/non-useable shape. Not listed as individual parts in CSMNL.

Rather not have buy a whole unit.

[Laverdaroo]

Hi all,

Any chance anyone knows what shims are used on the spark advancer mechanism. All the ones in mine are in bad/non-useable shape. Not listed as individual parts in CSMNL.

Rather not have buy a whole unit.

PM’d you Dave


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[juitz]

Looking at the crankshaft bearing shells, couple of them look in poor condition - recommended that if replacing a couple might as well replace them all?

For curiosity, these are marked with D4I-A STD and such, but nothing comes up in Google?  Thought it maybe was a part number?

[Oddjob]

The numbers are batch codes, they are normally useless unless you can see the colour still on the side of the shell in which case it's logical to assume that all shells with the batch code on are the same colour.

One's pretty bad, hows the crank journal on that shell location?

[juitz]

The numbers are batch codes, they are normally useless unless you can see the colour still on the side of the shell in which case it's logical to assume that all shells with the batch code on are the same colour.

One's pretty bad, hows the crank journal on that shell location?

Yeah colours are gone on the shells.

I'll take a photo and post it for a second opinion. And I'll take a closer look but on first inspection the crank journals looked OK. Didn't notice anything obvious as the condition of the shells and I didn't feel gouges running a fingernail over the surface.