My 1980 CB250 RSA gear change linkage 'rose' joints were completely fooked and I am restoring this bike on a budget (albeit one which already totals to probably considerably more than it's worth ..but hey ho.
Anyway I bought the parts below ... the cheapo rose joints were far to big so I chopped them to the correct length and trimmed down the diameter and profile of the round bit to be the same size as the Honda originals. I still need to tidy up the profile a bit and also zinc plate them ... I am thinking of two thin O-rings and a bolt and nut through the eyelet to seal the joint before plating. This is deffo one for home plating as I don't know of any commercial platers, who would entertain doing it.
The replacement boots look fairly decent and didn't tear on my test-out assembly, to ascertain if they are rubbish or not. Obviously, I will have to use a fixing for the normally peened over pin used on the lever parts but that's no big deal.
Joint before modification.
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Joint after modification and replacement rubber boot.
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Test assembled with Rubber boot
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CB250RSA Boot Kit
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Rose Joints on Ebay (L&R hand thread m6)
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