MotorbikeBruno
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Well, I took a project off a friend's hands and I paid far too much for it maybe. Or maybe not. Either way, he had fully disassembled the engine and had the cases blasted etc. So my dilemma is that I have cleaned up and honed, or had machined several top ends, and cylinder walls, heads, valves etc, but I have NEVER been into the lower end on any engine let alone any of my vintage bikes. So today is the day I start that journey, which is part of the reason I bought this pile of bike parts in the first place and DTT is the reason I wasn't too worried about it. I'll be referencing www.CMSNL.com and other parts microfiches to get this thing back together again. If I had torn the engine down myself I might be in a better spot, but he's got everything in bags and boxes and such so I'll take any help I can get with the transmission side of things and getting the cases properly sealed up as I've never had to do it before. Here's a picture of most of it. I'll get better pics soon when I have the room to spread out and pull everything out to find it all. If anyone has links to a cb550 rebuild from the bottom up, or any other good info/links I'd be very appreciative. This won't be a fast build as I'm quite busy cleaning carburetors for people and fixing up their bikes. But I figured it was time to get on this to bring her back to life. Thanks in advance. 8)