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Matching Keys
AshimotoK0:
Some different variants I have gathered up .. only the one on left I am sure is off a CB500K1. One is NOS. Some have flaps ..some don't. Not sure which bikes the other 3 came off.
As Ken says one on RHS stripped easily and it has a circlip. But the NOS one I can't see any circlip. It's as if you need the key to get the barrel out. I don't have keys for any of these and not entirely sure which one is period correct for a 1975 CB400F. All I know is that the 400F deffo had the spring little key flap cover thingy.
AshimotoK0:
Deano.. I can't see any little brass clip in the ones without circlip fitted. Any ideas please?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My 1978 400 has matching keeps except for the steering column pretty sure all original - no flap on my seat lock.
Deano400:
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on September 16, 2023, 11:10:17 PM ---Deano.. I can't see any little brass clip in the ones without circlip fitted. Any ideas please?
--- End quote ---
To see the brass clip / gate you need the key to turn the lock. However, if you haven't got a key, you can lift the end gate with a strip of metal and use a screwdriver to push the barrel out. I'll try and post some pics later.
Deano400:
Ash, if you look at your last pic, the NOS one, you can see the end gate. If you had a key and turn the barrel, that is the brass 'clip' that you push across. Without a key you need to lift that from the inside to release the barrel, Once lifted the barrel can be pushed out,
I couldn't really take good pics as I needed three hands, so if you imagine the two pics combined, metal strip lifting the gate and at the same time pushing out the barrel.
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