Honda-SOHC
Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on October 26, 2024, 05:32:50 PM
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Today I removed the chainguard that had what looks like 40 years of grime on the inside, a solid layer of tar type crud was coated where the chain has flung all the muck.
First thing I noticed was a pretty basic mistake on the chain link - pretty sure the closed end of the link should allways follow the direction of chain travel when going forwards.
.(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54095229059_6db4df56dd_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qqdbX6)Chain link (https://flic.kr/p/2qqdbX6) by Macabe Thiele (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187487200@N03/), on Flickr
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Yep.
That’s on backwards.
Doesn’t bode well does it?
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It's not great that something so basic was fitted wrong.
I'm still doing some digging as to who owned the bike post 2022 when it left Wellingborough - all the substantial itemised invoices end in 2022.
The PO I bought it from acquired the bike on 7/9/24 from someone in the Leicester area. Thats looking like 2 years of ownership where things were not fixed properly.
Looking at the dirt layers I do not think the engine has been removed since the last major engine work in late 2015, it had a top end overhual in 2019 when the cam chain was replaced.
It had a new chain & sprockets fitted in Sept 2017 by the garage though it could have been removed since then.
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Will keep my fingers crossed for you, just let’s hope the same person didn’t do the cam chain. I guess you will be checking out the top end during your refurb anyway.
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Cam Xhain is Hy-Vo and doesnt have a link
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Pretty much all of the work was done by RGS of Wellingborough.
The parts were mostly supplied by the bike owner.