{"id":10378,"date":"2013-01-27T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=10378"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:47:55","slug":"cb500t-engine-rebuild-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2013\/01\/cb500t-engine-rebuild-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"cb500t &#8211; engine rebuild &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2021\/04\/2021-cb450-rebuild\/\">2021 update \u2013 click here. Below is deprecated info\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2013\/01\/cb500t-engine-rebuild-part-2\/\">Read about rebuild Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2012\/12\/cb500t-engine-rebuild-part-1\/\">Read about rebuild Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hey guys.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s an update on my cb475 supersport build.<\/p>\n<p>The engine is basically finished.<br \/>\nAll that&#8217;s left is to put on my high polished engine covers and I&#8217;m putting in a new clutch.<\/p>\n<p>I installed new valves seals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-01.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Below pic &#8211;<br \/>\nI installed the rest of the cylinder head. I didn&#8217;t get to officially test the torsion bars. I used NOS for side B, and the two firmest ones I had out of about 6 possible for side A. It was overly apparent which were within spec and which weren&#8217;t based on preload tension. If you can push the valve open with your finger&#8230; it&#8217;s worn. If you don&#8217;t have to pre-load&#8230; it&#8217;s worn. I also polished the cam lobes and cam follower lobes with metal polish to ensure they&#8217;re super slick. It should prevent future wear issues I hope. And&#8230; assembly lube is your friend. Loctite everything. Axial cam clearance &#8211; check. Cylinder head done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-07.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Installed new pistons. Rings positioned correctly. Slid the cylinders over.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-02.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>~10.7 compression &#8211; 550cc &#8211; Boom<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-03.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Below pic &#8211;<br \/>\nI hate a leaking head gasket. The absolute worst. It seems every jap bike head gasket will eventually leak oil. Indian-Head gasket stuff is supposed to be the best, so I used a thin coating on each side of my head gasket. Fucker better never leak or i&#8217;ll ride the bike off a cliff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-04.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Engine all assembled. All torqued to spec. In time. Valve clearance done. All loctite&#8217;d. Turns over nice and tight and smooth. Also installed a new cam chain and cam chain tensioner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-05.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Not related to the engine&#8230;<br \/>\nDevyn from Urban Cycle Works painted my side covers to match my NOS tank. They match damn near perfect. I&#8217;m pumped. The 450 is going to look sick as shit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cott-article__copy-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cb500t-assembly-06.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So &#8211;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m on the last stretch. This is what I have left. It&#8217;ll go quick:<br \/>\n&#8211; clean up my frame, and spot paint it<br \/>\n&#8211; put engine back in frame<br \/>\n&#8211; put on my polished engine covers<br \/>\n&#8211; install the new clutch kit<br \/>\n&#8211; install the electronic ignition<br \/>\n&#8211; polish up everything else that&#8217;s gross right now<br \/>\n&#8211; put on the new &#8220;used&#8221; awesome condition OEM mufflers<br \/>\n&#8211; put on the new &#8220;used&#8221; awesome condition OEM gauges<br \/>\n&#8211; probably fix and paint my headlight bucket<br \/>\n&#8211; clean my carbs again. Increase my main jet to a 150 or 155<br \/>\n&#8211; I have all new cables too and all that dumb little shit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 update \u2013 click here. Below is deprecated info\u2026 Read about rebuild Part 2 Read about rebuild Part 1 Hey guys. Here&#8217;s an update on my cb475 supersport build. The engine is basically finished. All that&#8217;s left is to put on my high polished engine covers and I&#8217;m putting in a new clutch. I installed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10378"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22469,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10378\/revisions\/22469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}