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Points wiring question 550 K2

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Mike_Berkshire:
I have the wiring harness back on the bike after repair and with the exception of a short somewhere in the idiot light console all seems good. I’m hoping to try and get the bike running at the weekend. I have set the points gaps and I’m now trying to do the static timing. 

I have noticed that the wires to the points seem to be the wrong way round on each contact breaker. Ie the blue and green wires are both attached to the correct contact breaker (1/4)  but the green is nearest the little nut as opposed to the blue (see picture). Does this matter?

Using a static timing light the timing for cylinders 1/4 seems spot on but there doesn’t seem to be enough adjustment in the sub-plate for cylinders 2/3 to get the light on with the marks lined up for 2/3. You can see from the photo that the base plate is rotated as far as it will go anti clockwise (the mounting screw at 7 o’clock is against the stop in the elongated slot). Is there something basic I have done wrong?

Bryanj:
It dont matter a stuff which way round the wires go, as to timing when you alter the point gap you alter the timing and when you move the plate the gap alters, it takes a lot of time, patience and practice to get both the gap(14 thou) AND the static timing correct on both sets at the same time

Mike_Berkshire:
Thanks for the quick reply Bryan. I’ll have another session on it tomorrow and see how I get on.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Not sure if it helps this was my points base orientation.

As Bryan says it takes a lot of time to get the gap & static timing right. With the right hand set of points it has it's own base adjustment as well as ponts gap. It takes ages to get them right, almost impossible if you have poor quality CB points.

This photo was taken before I replaced the Hex heads with JIS & cleaned the plate up.

.500 ponts plate by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

Sesman:
Orientate the plate as illustrated. Your blue yellow connections are correct, with blue feeding the port side coil for pots 1&4. Sorry I can’t provide a colour photo as the file is too large.

I’ve just realised that your photo changes orientation when selected….to the one required! It’s fairly obvious when you study the photo..ie exhaust pipes and oil gallery bung. Sorry about that.

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