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Offline hymodyne

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primary shaft removal
« on: October 27, 2006, 12:29:06 PM »
had to take out my primary drive shaft to replace the chains (cam, drive) in my cb500K. the manual said i needed a special tool from honda to drive the shaft out after the circlip was removed. I discovered that a standard spark plug screwed into the opening at the end of the shaft provided enough of an extension that I could tap against the hex head of the plug and, after turning the shaft a 1/4 turn each time, gradually pull the shaft and bearing out of the lower case.

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Re: primary shaft removal
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006, 06:00:42 PM »
Good tip! I jjust went through the same thing myself but couldn't really manage to get it out with the sparkplug- wasn't able to get a decent swing at the head of the plug.  a 4"-6" m12 bolt with a 1.25 thread pitch did the trick, took some searching to find one though as most hardware stores don't carry bolts that size with the finer pitch.

Offline bryanj

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Re: primary shaft removal
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2006, 04:30:28 AM »
Dont need to do either, leave the primary gear on and use a wide flat lever under it OR remove oil pump and tap on other end of shaft that is visible
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Offline snipcod

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Re: primary shaft removal
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2008, 04:23:19 PM »
This may be old but it sure did work!  Thanks for the idea
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Re: primary shaft removal
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 12:57:32 PM »
Another way that I like a lot is really easy if you keep some parts around.  An axle bolt with the same threads with a couple of spacers on the bolt makes for a nice slide-hammer. 

Offline Ian Bunyan

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Re: primary shaft removal
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2023, 05:16:14 AM »
For further help, I have just removed mine this morning.

You don’t need to remove the circling as it’s on the side coming out.

Also, I used the bottom rear engine mount bolt which is the correct M12 x 1.25 with the nuts on one end and the hammer piece from my slide hammer fitted no problem.

The shaft came out with only a few light taps.

I have found your thread very helpful.

Many thanks,

Ian.