List buddy Hoyt replaced my swing arm bushings with brass, or whatever metal, did a super job and my swing arm has been tight and flawless ever since, (4 years).
Nick #422 > SOHC4 Digest 4695 > > Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) Re: Swing arm bushings > by Wayne Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2) Re: timing and the horse it road in on. A tale of bad spark or otherwise > mysterious problems. > by "Occupant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 3) Re: Swing arm bushings > by Bruce Giller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 4) 4K rpm Bog solved (I think) > by "Noble, Russell T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:11:51 -0800 > From: Wayne Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Swing arm bushings > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks to all that responded to my question. A place called Parts N > More online had them for $30 and free shipping. After having the Honda > plastic crap quickly destroy itself while I was attempting to install > them, the bronze bushings will be much better to deal with. > > Now does anyone have an easy way to install them without too much > damage? > > Wayne Young > 1976 CB750 F (in pieces...) > SOHC/4 #846 > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 06:44:57 -0500 > From: "Occupant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Subject: Re: timing and the horse it road in on. A tale of bad spark or otherwise > mysterious problems. > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Check points gap, and also the length of the rubbing block on the points to > see if they are worn short. > > RJ > > "You're just jealous because the voices are talking to me, instead of you." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cook, Jason D PV2 BJACH-Ft Polk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:19 AM > Subject: timing and the horse it road in on. A tale of bad spark or > otherwise mysterious problems. > > > > I can't seem to get my bike to time right. Woe is me. It is a 74 CB750 K > and we are sharing a love/hate relationship. Right now a problem is the fact > that Ican't seem to get it timed just right. When setting the 1-4 side I > turn the plate all the way clockwise and it seems it needs another 1-2 mm to > get dead on the mark. Why does the bike taunt me in this manner? Does it > want blood? It has gotten some. Money? You can't squeeze blood from a > turnip. Time? I'm running out. Patience? It has used up all I had to offer. > The bike sputters a little bit like little bitty backfires. I am guessing > since I can't get 1-4 just right, that the impression of 2-3 being on the > mark is just impossible. Okie dokie, thanks. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:27:26 -0500 > From: Bruce Giller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Swing arm bushings > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Wayne, > I replaced the swingarm bushings in my 750F awhile back and the old > ones look just like the new ones - both were Honda parts and were > plastic. Since the swingarm really doesn't rotate all that much, there > isn't much wear and tear on the bushings. You just need them to hold > the swingarm tight to the frame so that you don't get any squirrelly > action when riding. > > Clean out the bushing housing with a rag, I used some chassis grease to > help the bushings slide into the frame. A wooden block that spans the > bushing and a hammer to tap the block to install them. Just make sure > that the bushing doesn't get cocked; if so, remove and start over again. > And when you have assembled everything, don't forget top pump some > grease into bushing via the zerk fitting. > > Bruce > > '76 CB750F > > Wayne Young wrote: > > > > Thanks to all that responded to my question. A place called Parts N > > More online had them for $30 and free shipping. After having the Honda > > plastic crap quickly destroy itself while I was attempting to install > > them, the bronze bushings will be much better to deal with. > > > > Now does anyone have an easy way to install them without too much > > damage? > > > > Wayne Young > > 1976 CB750 F (in pieces...) > > SOHC/4 #846 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 08:50:56 -0600 > From: "Noble, Russell T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 4K rpm Bog solved (I think) > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Pulled the carbs last night and lo and behold...dropped the #4 bowl and > the main jet and well were laying in the bowl. Who knows how it worked > its way loose as these carbs have never been apart. I checked the other > 3 and blew everything out. Haven't put it back together yet (ran out of > beer), but hope that was it. I only had one carb bowl O-ring, so I put > it on the worst looking one. Honda gets $35 PER carb gasket set, > sheeesh! Any other sourse for bowl rubber parts in case these end up > leaking???? The NAPCO kits you always see on ebay for $15 are for the > 81-up CV carbs. > > Russell in B'ham > 1980 CB650 > 1965 Corvair 140hp > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of SOHC4 Digest 4695 > ************************
