I just finished rebuilding my cb650 engine.
The engine leaked a shit ton of oil from the rubber o-rings around the head gasket. (Common 4cyl problem on old Hondas.)
My engine fins have always been completely covered with caked on oil, grease and dirt. If you didn’t already know, the engine fins are what cool your engine. So to say the least, my engine prolly wasn’t properly cooling itself as much as it should have been. No matter how much I cleaned it, 2 weeks later it was gross again.
In my plan to reduce overall engine temperatures, and efficiency, I’m doing a new gasket kit, having the cylinder jugs measured, and having the cylinder head pressure tested to see if everything is still within spec. Possibly installing an oil cooler.
View this projectSo here are a few pics from the Norton rebuild. I have not taken any recent pics of her but it is down to only the engine, frame, and swingarm. I need to tap the swingarm spindle to remove it this week, and then Im going to need help pulling the engine from the frame. If anyone has free time maybe Friday or next weekend that would be a huge help!
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February 14th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I can come help on this coming weekend…
Let me know.
- ed
February 14th, 2010 at 11:29 am
looks awesome max
crazy amounts of work!
February 15th, 2010 at 9:15 am
so good. I really dig your drilled rotor.