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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
Bryanj:
My fault for believing the man i got the engine from that it was rebuilt and fine!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Bryanj on September 26, 2022, 11:03:55 PM ---My fault for believing the man i got the engine from that it was rebuilt and fine!
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Don't beat yourself up about it Bryan I have started refering to the "PO" not Bryan's old 500 - its a 50 year old bike that prior to yourself had a bunch of owners.
Good news for me is so far no seized bolts to contend with as the engine has clearly been stripped down before.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I felt like Popeye after his spinach when I got up this morning,
I have removed the camshaft that was in superb condition - the cylinder head came off pretty easily only odd thing was when I was undoing the head nuts in order I thought the socket was slipping on the nuts - it made such a strange clicking noise as the nuts undid for the first half turn or so. After removinmg all the nuts & washers I squirted plenty of releasing fluid along the gasket line. A few taps with my big rubber mallet and it let go same with the block.
Most fidly bit was getting enough slack in the cam chain after undoing the drive gear to lift out the camshaft. Even now I have not worked out how I finally managed to get the chain off the gear so it would feed through so as to speak. I did have to have a coffee break to overcome that hurdle.
Some decent vertical scoring on a couple of the piston skirts - the engine knew I was going to to end up inside.
Crankcase splitting will have to wait until I have some floor space and have put stuff into storage.
Engine lift out within a week is my plan A.
.No 1 & 2 pistons by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
Johnny4428:
Exciting times Ted! Never know what your going to find. Coffee/tea breaks essential.😁
Laverdaroo:
I love stripping motors, it's the time when you get to piece together a bit of potential history of the engine. Bet you're loving it Ted.?Hope you've plenty of black 'sharpies' and resealable freezer bags to get that lot in and labelled up for later?
Dont forget, take more pictures than you think you have from every angle if you're not sure if you'll remember and the more coffee breaks the better..............with biscuits! Its the law! ;) 8)
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