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500 K cafe racer conversion - build thread
Ewan 500 K1:
Found this in an old thread "The post by Spitfire shows the capacity as 160cc which in my Clymer manual says should be 10W30 for the CB550K0,K1,K2 but the K3 forks were revised and I think that for them it should 190cc and ATF."" Can anyone confirm what the oil capacity of the K3 forks is ?
Bryanj:
OK, I have all the genuine Hona workshop manuals and the way they work is if the spec has changed it is in the details if not you keep working your way back on models till you find the spec you want.
Doing that there is no change to fork oil after the CB550F and that states 165-170cc of atf for a stripped and completely dry fork
Ewan 500 K1:
cheers Bryan .... there's contraditions all over the place. The shop manuals appear consistent at 165cc. , Haynes says 160cc , Clymer says 190cc ..... I'll go with 165cc then :)
Ewan 500 K1:
Am I happy I took the wife out to the pub for a meal tonight for neglecting her over this week ? Well yep, too right. Bumped into Jim the bike who sorted me out with getting the tapered roller bearing seats out of the headstock. Jim nipped across the road to his house and came back with a right nifty wee tool for getting them out. Back from pub, in the shed and 10 mins later both seats were out :) :) :) :) . Frame ready to take to Triple S in Bingley for powder coating now ... small step for mankind, great leap for me ... no need to piss about with dremels and cutting discs. Procedure documented below:
Photo 1: Bearing seat in top of headstock
Photo 2: Nifty wee bearing seat removal tool
Photo 3: Tool in place on top of headstock
Photo 4: Drift inserted from bottom of headstock
Photo 5: Couple of whacks on the drift with a rubber mallet and the bearing seat is out
Repeated all this at the other end to get the bottom seat out ... bit more tricky as this seat's diameter was about the same as the headstock inner diameter and was flush into the shoulder, so next to nothing for the tool to grab onto. Expanded the tool as much as possible and the first couple of thumps on the drift moved it enough through friction to get a gap between the seat and the shoulder it sits in for the tool to get a better grab on it. Easy peasy when you know a man who knows how and has a tool to hand. Well chuffed I am.
Ewan 500 K1:
Forks all done and dusted: new oil seals, new oil seal retaining clips, new dust covers , 165cc of 15w fork oil in each, repolished. That'll be me for a while till I can get hold of a steering lock key so that I can get the steering lock out ready for frame, swing arm, stand and lower triple T powder coated. Many many thanks to all who have provided advice and comment so far
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