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Offline paulages

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1978 cb750F carb insulators
« on: December 03, 2009, 09:09:09 AM »
anyone have a good source for the carburetor insulators for a 1978 cb750F? the '69-76 K insulators are readily available, but i can't find the ones needed for the PD carbs (though i thought they had the same OD where they mount).
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Re: 1978 cb750F carb insulators
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2009, 03:53:35 PM »
I've just had the same trouble. Insulators for the F (410) are no longer available from Honda. There may be some NOS ones out there somewhere, but I couldn't find them. K7/8 insulators (405) are still available - but only #1 and #3. These insulators are a couple of mm shorter than the F ones. To fix my bike, I bought two of each and flipped a #1 to become a #4 and a #3 to become a #2. Getting the carbs on was a struggle - these insulators are individually part-numbered because they each have a different profile, and are not designed to be flipped. It is not possible to get all four in line. But rubber being what rubber is, they do go on and after some riding I suspect they receive enough heat and vibration to settle into a less stressed state (they're really not that bad though, and two of them are correctly fitted anyway). I am running pods, and am making up stays to support the back of the carbs which will help.
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77 750F2 Refresh Project http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144075.0
TRIBSA http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,160296.0.html

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Re: 1978 cb750F carb insulators
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 10:31:48 AM »
returning this to the top...

need to find these.. someone knows who has them.
paul
SOHC4 member #1050

1974 CB550 (735cc)
1976 CB550 (590cc) road racer
1973 CB750K3
1972 NORTON Commando Combat
1996 KLX650 R