1970 Honda CB350 Cafe - My first bike and build.

Thanks Sonreir, appreciate your help.

Does anyone have a link to a good tutorial on setting the cam chain timing? I've read the manual on this but still foggy on this.
 
;D ;D ;D Time to celebrate. Had a little victory last night. Finished the rebuild. Only things left the engine needs is a paint touch up here and there and the clutch added.

I will start on the carbs very soon. More pictures and updates to come...

By the way, if anyone has any intake boots for carbs, I need some. Also, a cover for the Tach. My points had a cover, just no Tach cover. Just thought i'd throw that out there if anyone had spares.

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I have an extra set of manifolds i would be willing to sell you... 30 bucks shipped. I'm not sure if the gasket is intact on them though I will check when i get home late tonight if you're interested.
 
Thanks guys for the kind words. Man, I'm glad to be done with cleaning and painting that engine. Yesterday, I decided I was not happy with the paint job on the right side crank case cover.

I decided to remove it as well since I had a new gasket for it in the kit. It was much easier to paint both sides with it removed.

Got some new pics I'll add on Monday. Have a great weekend fellas.

Oh, one last thing.... I added the kick starter back, pushing it by hand while sitting on my workbench is extremely hard to turn over. I can put a 14mm wrench on the stator and turn the engine over, but again, with difficulty.

I thought with clean engine, inside and out, this would be easier. Have I screwed something up? Also, I have not put new oil in yet. Could that be why?
 
Archer said:
Thanks guys for the kind words. Man, I'm glad to be done with cleaning and painting that engine. Yesterday, I decided I was not happy with the paint job on the right side crank case cover.

I decided to remove it as well since I had a new gasket for it in the kit. It was much easier to paint both sides with it removed.

Got some new pics I'll add on Monday. Have a great weekend fellas.

Oh, one last thing.... I added the kick starter back, pushing it by hand while sitting on my workbench is extremely hard to turn over. I can put a 14mm wrench on the stator and turn the engine over, but again, with difficulty.

I thought with clean engine, inside and out, this would be easier. Have I screwed something up? Also, I have not put new oil in yet. Could that be why?
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Me and a friend brought an old harley back from the dead our senior year. The engine turned over extremely slow when we cranked it at first. After we put some oil down the cylinder walls, she turned over like a harley should of. Maybe trying that will help
 
Archer said:
I thought with clean engine, inside and out, this would be easier. Have I screwed something up? Also, I have not put new oil in yet. Could that be why?
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It shouldn't be any harder to turn over now than it did before the rebuild. Aside from paint, what was done with the engine?
 
idk man its pretty hard to push an engine over with the KICK start by hand espesially when it is not secured to anything. I wouldn't worry about it too much. See how it goes once you get some oil in it and back on the frame.
 
The only things I did inside he engine was clean the pistons, installed new standard size piston rings, had he cylinders honed, cleaned and lapped the valves, and put it all back together with new gaskets.

Before putting the rocker arms back in, it was easy to turn the stator and the pistons moved as they should so I don't think it's the new rings. Maybe it's suppose to be difficult to push that that kick by hand. I feel like is break my arm before it would move though.

Maybe it's a different story after I have I mounted in the frame and I'm using my weight
 
Archer said:
The only things I did inside he engine was clean the pistons, installed new standard size piston rings, had he cylinders honed, cleaned and lapped the valves, and put it all back together with new gaskets.

Before putting the rocker arms back in, it was easy to turn the stator and the pistons moved as they should so I don't think it's the new rings. Maybe it's suppose to be difficult to push that that kick by hand. I feel like is break my arm before it would move though.

Maybe it's a different story after I have I mounted in the frame and I'm using my weight
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Sounds OK then. It will be a lot harder to turn once the rocker arms are in place because of the force of the valve springs. Even in the frame, it's extremely difficult to move my kicker with just arm power. Just made sure that nothing is binding. "Difficult to turn" feels a lot different than "something is stuck". If you have a degree wheel, it's worth putting it to use. Intake valves should open at 16° BTDC on a stock cam.
 
Awesome, thank you

Started carb rebuild last night. Once I get those on, can I fire the engine up while on the bench?
 
Just a few pictures from the weekend. Showing the new paint on the right crank case / clutch cover. Also some before and after of dirty carbs.

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Oh, side note... I wanted to replace some of the old damaged screw heads with a socket heads. You'll notice them in the new pictures. I found them at Lowes and their size is M6-1.00 x 25 and 30

2 of them were too short.... even the 30, so I will have to find 35 or 40 elsewhere.
 
You can get a complete stainless caphead kit from eBay for about $40. Definitely worth the money.
 
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