Author Topic: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?  (Read 16113 times)

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Offline vsanzbajo

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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #25 on: June 26, 2018, 01:41:30 pm »
Decided to put a hose and ran it to the end of the bike. Put a plug at the end and made hole in plug.
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Offline vsanzbajo

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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #26 on: June 26, 2018, 06:49:12 pm »
I actually found the hose in ebay. so my question is the bigger end is attached to the nipple?
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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2018, 07:43:16 pm »
If it is like the stock original hose, yes.

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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2018, 08:58:01 am »
Be wary of the eBay plenum drain hoses claiming to be NOS Honda parts. I ordered one just recently and upon receipt, it does not have the open cell foam in the end of it as TwoTired alluded too. Specifically this eBay seller/listing:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-Honda-NOS-17335-323-000-TUBE-ASSY-BREATHER/232509610466?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Offline Little_Phil

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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #29 on: June 28, 2018, 05:40:00 am »
Interesting' you learn something every day. I didn't know there was a foam filter (at the large dia. end). I assumed that the long small dia pipe was enough to virtually eliminate air getting in this way. Anyway checked my three roadworthy bikes and it's there and a new sealed part I have from DSS and it's also present.
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Re: CB550 breather tubes, what goes with what?
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2018, 10:53:35 am »
The tubes I've seen had the foam stuffed in the small end.  Mud daubers would plug up the fuel bowl drain ends, but not the plenum drain hose end with foam stuffed in it.

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