Topic: Another project-1976 Honda CB550K

[denward17]

yes ethanol free and 89 octane if I recall..........

[grcamna2]

yes ethanol free and 89 octane if I recall..........

Just what you need 

[denward17]

Successful carb syncing today after jet needle set installed...............idles well and takes throttle blip good.

Rain is all over the place in my area so might not get a chance to ride today.

[grcamna2]

Successful carb syncing today after jet needle set installed...............idles well and takes throttle blip good.

Rain is all over the place in my area so might not get a chance to ride today.

I know you didn't ask for the rain;we certainly need some out here after almost a month of 100+ degree heat Waves !!
I'm glad to hear you've installed the new emulsion tubes/needle sets 
Many sets of carbs 'from back in the day' are running around 'in need' of them;you will feel the difference 

[denward17]

Looks like the rain is going to hold off until later this evening, so was able to go on ~24 mile ride.

Bike is running fantastic!  The low speed gurgle is gone, when I turn into a low speed corner in 2nd gear and slowly increase throttle it is crisp now, no hesitation.

To recap:
I had Keyster D26 needles in the 4th slot, they were removed  and I installed the Honda needles (272304), with the clip in the 3rd (center) position.
These are the 087A carbs.

With old needles I tried to compensate with the air mixture screws and went up to about 2 3/4 turns out, it helped but gurgle was still there.  With new needles I am 1 1/2 turns out.

[newday777]

Looks like the rain is going to hold off until later this evening, so was able to go on ~24 mile ride.

Bike is running fantastic!  The low speed gurgle is gone, when I turn into a low speed corner in 2nd gear and slowly increase throttle it is crisp now, no hesitation.

To recap:
I had Keyster D26 needles in the 4th slot, they were removed  and I installed the Honda needles (272304), with the clip in the 3rd (center) position.
These are the 087A carbs.

I need to do them in my K5..... same gurgling rolling back on slow after letting off even just a little bit

[Mark1976]

Looks like the rain is going to hold off until later this evening, so was able to go on ~24 mile ride.

Bike is running fantastic!  The low speed gurgle is gone, when I turn into a low speed corner in 2nd gear and slowly increase throttle it is crisp now, no hesitation.

To recap:
I had Keyster D26 needles in the 4th slot, they were removed  and I installed the Honda needles (272304), with the clip in the 3rd (center) position.
These are the 087A carbs.

With old needles I tried to compensate with the air mixture screws and went up to about 2 3/4 turns out, it helped but gurgle was still there.  With new needles I am 1 1/2 turns out.

Congrats,  well done...
It's a process...

[BenelliSEI]

Well done Denis. Nothing feels better than solving a problem like that!

[grcamna2]

Looks like the rain is going to hold off until later this evening, so was able to go on ~24 mile ride.

Bike is running fantastic!  The low speed gurgle is gone, when I turn into a low speed corner in 2nd gear and slowly increase throttle it is crisp now, no hesitation.

To recap:
I had Keyster D26 needles in the 4th slot, they were removed  and I installed the Honda needles (272304), with the clip in the 3rd (center) position.
These are the 087A carbs.

With old needles I tried to compensate with the air mixture screws and went up to about 2 3/4 turns out, it helped but gurgle was still there.  With new needles I am 1 1/2 turns out.

Smooth power delivery 

[denward17]

Thanks Guys, discovered an oil leak after my ride today.

The gear shaft seal, which was replaced by a Honda seal back when I was cleaning and rebuilding the top end.

I discovered today while searching there appears to be 2 different sizes from Honda 13.8mm x 24mm x 5mm and 14mm x 24mm x 5mm.

I ordered both to see which one will fit better, not sure what's going on here but will update after seals arrive.

[Oddjob]

The 13.8 seal looks to have superceded the 14.0 seal, most likely to make it grip the shaft better.

[denward17]

The 13.8 seal looks to have superceded the 14.0 seal, most likely to make it grip the shaft better.

I ordered from 2 different vendors, 1 indicated it was 14mm, the other indicated 13.8 mm (on the websites).  Both Honda seals, when I received both, I measured and both were the same(13..  With the magnifying glass, both were marked 13.8.

I installed this afternoon and will try to go on a ride in the few days, hopefully it won't leak.  I wrapped the end of the gear shift arm with tape, lubed up the seal and the gear shaft, it went on easily.