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1971 CB500K0 Resto 3/71 VIN 1000896
AshimotoK0:
Hmm .. The arrow to me means the tightening direction (CCW) for a LH thread so CW for unfastening .. or is too early in the morning. Not going to tug to hard on that retainer ... will heat the old US bath up and hot tank it for an hour or so.
BTW Found a great way of removing side reflector from the fork ear without damage ... push a CB750 K0->K6 carb inlet rubber onto it and unscrew that way. Loads of friction grip and zero damage to rare small reflectors (CB 250/350K2 part too I think)
flatfour:
I bought the tool from Silver's to remove my CB500 hub retainer last year. Incredibly tight all the way out, I had to have several attempts at it and yes, it was a left - hand thread (1974 UK model).
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 09, 2015, 05:54:48 PM ---I know it's a left handed thread, the manual says so, however it doesn't make sense why Honda would do that as it loosens as the wheel spins, usually they'd have the tightening for security reasons if nothing else. Clockwise is the direction to undo a left handed thread so you were going the right way Ash, just threw me for a moment that.
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Rotary inertia when braking? Dunno?
Anyway Hot tanked it in a big Ultrasonic cleaner for three hours tonight as recommended by SOHC.net USA site ... still no joy. Soaked it in WD40.... again! Going to try lots of heat tomorrow but with care not to melt cush drive rubbers... difficult ! Also will drill stakes out a bit more just in case.
Had day off but worried I would fk it up if I didn't try US hot tanking firsts, so decided to investigate the cause of the non-operational kickstart on it's baby brother it came to me with....the CB175K4... see new thread
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 09, 2015, 11:26:02 PM ---I find that a good shock will sometimes start them off, once you have them going things go a lot easier. Try whacking the tool with a heavy hammer to see if you can shock the threads loose. Sometimes you need to do this in order to break the thread locks grip.
As far as I recall the rear retainer is not staked, unlike the front one.
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Yea FBH I guess. Problem is, and it's my fault entirely, I stripped the wheel first not realizing what a b*st*rd these are to remove. Think I will weld a bar to the old sprocket to get a good purchase on it. Stripped the alloy retainers from about 12 Honda hubs, without the proper tool, over the past two years and never ruined one yet. But these are something else.
Bryanj:
Yup, were always a barsteward to undo and all I ever had was a hammer and punch. Cant remember any stakings on the rear one. Talk to me if you damage it Ash as parcel is slowly being built up mate
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