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1976 cb400F generator rotor puller size
fisjon:
When your done it should look like this :)
DayvW:
Thanks for the recommendation (and for checking) Ian - I'll get that Laser one then.
And Fisjon - indeed - looks lovely. I was going to clean up the engine with paint stripper and a dremel (indeed have on the rocker cover(s)) - but since then decided to go the whole hog, take all the bits out, bolt the casings back together (loosely) and get a Soda blast before a good clean and re-assembly (that's the plan anyway!). Its going to take time to get there (I only get part weekends at best usually :(, and have never done this before - so caution all the way! ) - but have to say am loving it (massively made all the more enjoyable through this forum and the unbelievably helpful people out there (I am rather a forum virgin!)). After seeing the state of the painting currently on my engine (awful, frankly) I am planning to leave her in the raw. But - is yours painted - it does look very good!?
fisjon:
This engine really was labour of love!
My buddy said, (after seeing my CB650Z) any chance of helping me with my 400/4 resto.
Ok I said and the engine was dumped in my garage complete with packed cow shit underneath (god knows where he had been).
A fortnight to clean all the crap off then a complete strip. It had a knackered cam belt adjuster and a 550 cam belt slider stuffed inside. No wonder the adjuster was shot. It cost £580 to rebuild.
Once the cases were stripped I just shoved it my bead blaster and gave it some stick. I then gave it some time with the high pressure washer making sure all the glass bead was out (you have to be meticulous) and dried it out. I painted the casings with a cheap engine paint as my mate was a bit of a scrooge but it came up really well. It's all down to preparation, if it is clean and smooth the paint will take well.
DayvW:
;D Well .. no cow poo on mine - just cack of a different nature. Well it looks good - I'll see how she is after cleaning and decide. Still - a long way from that yet!
DayvW:
Success! I got the rotor off (indeed have now stripped out the whole engine so I have bear crank cases). I used Oddjob's suggestion (though I did wrap the bar with insulation tape) - on the rotor bolt I needed an old torque wrench that has seized but is about 18inches long, held the engine from moving with left hand, braced my back against the bench, then heaved on the torque wrench. And eventually it gave -after heat and WD40 too! But it was really stuck fast. The Laser rotor puller was perfect -needed a few mallet taps - but got there. Such a relief! After that the rest of the strip was a doddle! Found the primary chain was absolutely shot (tested using OddJob's suggestion in another post - with the chain on its side, virtually the whole chain length touches!). The cam chain adjuster is also mashed and seized - so I'll be getting an improved one from DS (more expense - but a slapping noise at tick-over suggested this would be the case). Haven't measured the bearings yet - but all the gears, selectors etc look in fine fettle.
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