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CB400F Frustrations - Not firing, low compression (Cyl Block now off)

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SteveD CB500K0:

--- Quote from: ManicGTI on July 13, 2015, 11:39:40 AM ---BikePusher has an engine for sale at the moment as well...could be an option.

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Before anyone else jumps in...   you are joking right?

:)

ManicGTI:

--- Quote from: SteveD CB500F on July 13, 2015, 12:14:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: ManicGTI on July 13, 2015, 11:39:40 AM ---BikePusher has an engine for sale at the moment as well...could be an option.

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Before anyone else jumps in...   you are joking right?

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I can't find much reference to bike-pusher on the forums, is there a reputation I should be aware of?

It's not my preferred option as I'd like to solve it myself. although looks like cruzinimage isn't selling the piston kits to UK at the moment.

Bodd:
All I remember of Bikepusher was him asking why I was even bothering with my café racer build  ::)

tom400f:
Dave

bike-pusher is a breaker of 400Fs and has a healthy business on eBay. He joined these forums for a while and if you ask me it was only a matter of time. You can't be both poacher and game-keeper and indeed it all went sour with other members.

Spookily I flogged some furniture on ebay and the husband and wife team who came to collect it - he knows bike-pusher. Says he's a top bloke but tbh from what I could tell she was the one with the lights on and anyway if you're a dealer (viz pusher) you're a top bloke, right?

Anyhooo, sent you a PM. Looks like your bike broke a ring and this has taken out the exhaust valve as bits were expelled. Mild seizure marks on some pistons. Must be a rebore surely... Engine likely thrashed and should be stripped completely  ::) On the bright side the bottom ends are built like a brick outhouse. Probably alright but you'd want to get in there, right?

Will ask my local friendly bike shop about engineering outfits.

ManicGTI:
Sounds like a familiar story tbh, have seen similar things on car forums.

Actually the broken ring was on a completely different cylinder to the broken Valve.  It appears to have knackered the ringland on that piston in the process.  Not that that helps!

I'm going to work out what to do with the cylinders before I think about the bottom end.  Will see how much time I get.

All the input really is appreciated, thanks guys.

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