cb350 clutch removal conundrum...

overdraft

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so my cheezy manual shows my primary drive gear and clutch gear as being a single gear on each of the shaft and clutch housing... well there are two on each so that's wrong... the ubiquitous online shop manual scan shows the two gear on each setup that i have, but is too vague to illustrate my problem, which is that the gears on the clutch are not lined up and therefore the second of the two gears can't come off the shaft... what am i missing?

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cb350 clutch removal conundrum...

I had trouble with this too. The gears are supposed to be that way. You have to remove the entire oil pump assembly to remove the clutch housing. The clutch housing and the oil pump are one integrated piece. Then you will be able to remove that other gear. Hope that helps!
 
TFWG said:
I had trouble with this too. The gears are supposed to be that way. You have to remove the entire oil pump assembly to remove the clutch housing. The clutch housing and the oil pump are one integrated piece. Then you will be able to remove that other gear. Hope that helps!
Perfect! that was the tip i needed... clutch is off and i'm on to the next crisis!
thanks!!!
 
From my experience, the 73 CB350G got the single row gears. Perhaps it was a cost saving move on the production line? Apparently on the double row gears, you can remove one half to save rotating mass.
 
Bringing this thread back from the dead!

I'm putting my 350 back together after a complete teardown right now and I'm stumped:

Behind the pair of offset primary drive gears, there's a spacer, which is splined to fit splines on the crankshaft. However, when the spacer is fully seated, the splines don't engage anything and it just sits loosely on the crankshaft. Because it's loose, it sits off center, which I imagine, will result in a wobble once the engine is running.

The spacer in question is just barely visible in the photo from the original post, between the single primary drive gear remaining on the crankshaft, and the big crankshaft bearing.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there something wrong with/missing from my motor?

<confused>

Thanks in advance -
J.
 
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