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deltarider:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on May 20, 2022, 10:16:37 PM ---Yeah Honda put them on loads of parts, it's too help with PDI and making sure everything was exactly the same on all the bikes produced.

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My model ('76) doesn't have them.

Sesman:
TBH. I’ve,cleaned and magnified mine and can’t see any evidence of a stamping.

Oddjob:
It's possible the joint in the lever is the alignment mark, it would line up with the dot punched into the shaft.

Actually if you look at the PDI instructions for the CB400 you can see the reference to the punch marks on that model, there should be one on the lever and one on the shaft. The CB500 doesn't mention them but the PDI instructions aren't as detailed as the 400s and TBH I don't think they are complete, the ones in the manual at Queenies were like the 400 ones, much more detail. There are punch marks on the bars, one the rear brake lever and it's shaft and also on the rear brake arm and it's shaft. Those are the ones that come to mind easily.

Sesman:
Yes, definitely got all those marks at the locations mentioned by Oddjob, just not on the gear lever shaft. I’ll definitely have another look, maybe using some engineers blue.

taysidedragon:
If you look at Oddjob's gearshaft end face there are definite machining marks, but on yours there aren't any. It's a little bit 'lumpy'. I wonder if it's been damaged at some point, then filed or ground to clean up and that's removed the punch mark.

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