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Offline Can550

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New (to me) 1977 CB550K
« on: August 03, 2017, 07:06:06 PM »
Hello all wonderful people with priceless help on my 74 cb550k.

I found one somewhat clean 1977 cb550k. Have not started working on it except adjusting the tappets.

Cylinder #1 inlet tappet gets adjusted to specs at a point where the screw goes down flat with locknut. It also feels that it sits little higher than rest of tappets. I also saw some gouging inside the tappet cover which is hit by locknut.

When tightening the cover, threaded part hits the rocker.

I will be replacing O rings on these covers to increase clearance but would like to know what is the cause for this.

Found several posts by searching the forum but all were 1974-76 and recommending to change the cylinder head cover to improved one from 1977-78. In my case it is later model ?

Appreciate thoughts and advice




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