Topic: Best place for the bang for your buck for cb500 four engine kit

[Dos]

Hello all,

I'm tearing down the top end of the motor, cleaning everything, and putting it back together.

Where should I go to get a good prices gasket set, o ring, rubbers, etc?

[flybox1]

Hello all,I'm tearing down the top end of the motor, cleaning everything, and putting it back together.

Why?

[Dos]

Engine has been sitting for 30 years. intake and muffler's have a lot of crap in there.. Internals are great but it really does need a clean up..

This is the new set I am thinking about getting:

http://4into1.com/vesrah-top-end-gasket-set-vg-555-honda-cb500-cb550/

[flybox1]

is the engine seized?
does it smoke (black/blue)?
does it leak oil?
if your answer is NO to any of these, i'd leave it alone.
once you open it up, the 'cheap' fixes will become expensive 'replacements/upgrades' and seem never ending 

[Dos]

Okay.

what about the best bang for your buck cb500 four engine gasket set?

[flybox1]

I've had good luck with Vesrah brand.
Others will swear by OEM HONDA gaskets, only. 

[Dos]

about the engine being seized... well I took the top end off to reveal the cam chain and cam sprocket.. I went to take the chain off and it is TIGHT, i can barely wiggle it off. In other demonstration videos I have seen people take it off no problem.. I have loosened the tensioner all the way.

I thought well it should be in neutral right?

I clicked up and down and couldn't find neutral and it clicks up i would say 3-4 times and it's a 5 gear so I dont know what's up.. when i was younger i would play on it and kick it and it would cycle through but now it's just stuck.

I don't know what to do.

[Dos]

How do you know when its in neutral.. I know noob question.

The cam will not rotate and neither will the bolt under the points cover

[Don R]

 So the engine is seized? If so remove the plugs and lube the cylinders with your favorite brand of penetrating oil. I'm assuming it is out of the bike?

[Dos]

The engine is out. I'll use the other side.
The drive sprocket is off.
I click it all the way down and when I pull up it takes a lot of force and seems to go right into 2nd.. Not sure can't really find neutral. I'll try at it again now

[flybox1]

shift while rotating the front sprocket.
if your shifter cover is off, it should be easy to see.

[Dos]

Yeah totally. I will test everything out and get back to you guys later tonight..
Engine is out of frame sitting on a table btw

[PeWe]

My bike had been sitting in a not heated barn for 20 years. Valve seats corroded and need of fresh cut. I was too focused on pistons with bores the years after parking. I should have sprayed thin oil thru the spark plug holes, rotated the engine letting oil to cover all seats when parked. Redone the procedure every 5 years or so. I knew that the engine was in need to be restored since I knew how the tensioners will do when rubber is old and hard like bakelite.

[Dos]

Haven't had to much time but it clicks down 3 times and up 3 times. I'm waiting for the pb blaster to get out these stripped screws on the stator cover