Topic: Assembling my '74 CB550 - Putting it all back together

[fastbroshi]

Ron, I seem to remember you saying you were retired or about to.  Man I can't wait to retire so I can devote more time to auto hobbies.   Super job on the Corvair, especially that interior.

[RAFster122s]

Bootsey,

Could I get a copy of that too?
Sent you a PM about that.
Thanks!
David

[Restoration Fan]

 Can you repost the pics of the "frame over engine" procedure? They're not showing up on the first page.

Hey Scott,
I was lucky enough to download a copy of the collated CB550 Assembly Guide that SohRon very kindly uploaded, before some of the photos went missing due to his move. I'd be more than happy to send you a copy if you need.

Bootsey,
Is it in PDF format?  If so, perhaps we can have it pushpinned at the top?  If that proves difficult, you can send it to me in an email and I'll put it up on my Google Drive folder where I have the 78 750K manuals stored for sharing by others.

[flatlander]

i have that PDF. probably the one that ron sent around is the one i made for him
if anyone knows how to add it to the top of this thread i'd be happy to provide it.

[Bootsey]

I'd be more than happy to share it, but the PDF file I have is 165MB, and at this stage I'm unable to send it via email, nor upload it to either this thread or the downloads section.
If someone has an easy solution to get around the upload size, I'm all ears.

[flatlander]

mine is 45MB which is all you need, even if you want to print it. if someone wants to put it up here, i can give it to them.
bootsey: you'd need a programme that can create PDFs, to compress it further. but i'll send you a PM with mine, that's the easiest.

[Bootsey]

For all those above who were wanting a copy of the Assembly Guide, if you didn't see, SohRon has very kindly updated its thread & all the pics are back in action(link below) -  so jump on there and save yourself a copy of it. I just used the >Print>Save As PDF function.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,151576.0.html

[Scott S]

 Actually, thank Flatlander for hosting that on his page until Glenn could add it to the tech articles. And, of course, to Ron for doing such a great job on documenting everything.

[Restoration Fan]

I used Bootsey's technique to download & save it to a PDF.  Here it is saved out onto a shareable link on my Google Drive.  I'll leave it up there ad infinitum for anyone who wants to download it.  It's just over 40MB.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4nqeBb662mZMkxxdmVoWi1IMzg

[SohRon]

Just letting everyone know that pics have been restored. Thanks for looking!

[BomberMann650]

Thank Moo!

[mscuiletti]

Just wanted to drop a line and thank you for taking the time to document this amazing restoration. Your attention to detail has been immensely helpful in my build. I also love the Corvair! I got side-tracked when I purchased a 1979 Scout II, but am pushing to finish my CB550K so I can at least have something finished. I hope it is a fraction as beautiful as yours.

[grcamna2]

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[CB550F_SS]

Hi SohRon,

Great work; Thanks so much.
Can I ask you for the Clymer's, Hayne's and Chilton's manuals? You can answer me by private e-mail, if you want.

I'm going to start restoring my CB550F SuperSport(1978).

Restoration Fan: Thanks for your .pdf file.

Regards 

[flatlander]

WTF.
just download the honda manual from the forum. that and sohron's thread is all you need. asking him to give you one of those other inferior manuals is like
walking into a porsche dealer and asking if he'd have a golf gti for you 

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

WTF.
just download the honda manual from the forum. that and sohron's thread is all you need. asking him to give you one of those other inferior manuals is like
walking into a porsche dealer and asking if he'd have a golf gti for you 

Truth!

Clymer or Haynes will not provide more than the Honda Service Manual and Sohron's thread.

[SohRon]

Looks like photobucket is no longer hosting free images and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $400 a year for the privilege. I'm not sure what course I'll take with this thread as I feel it has been useful for many. It may be that I'll finally write the book I've been threatening to do, in which case the thread will disappear from the site, which will kind of defeat its purpose; that is to make the information free and easily accessible to all. I apologize for the inconvenience. Uploading the images to the site is an option I'll have to consider. Stay tuned for further developments.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Looks like photobucket is no longer hosting free images and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $400 a month for the privilege. I'm not sure what course I'll take with this thread as I feel it has been useful for many. It may be that I'll finally write the book I've been threatening to do, in which case the thread will disappear from the site, which will kind of defeat its purpose; that is to make the information free and easily accessible to all. I apologize for the inconvenience. Uploading the images to the site is an option I'll have to consider. Stay tuned for further developments.

Especially for a reference thread like yours, photobucket's recent decision is a huge disappointment. 

[flatlander]

ron, you still have the PDF that can be put up for free downloading. the pix won't fall out of that.

[Luis]

Boa tarde vc poderia colocar as fotos da montagem da sua CB550 four 74 novamente pois estou montando a minha e estava copiando por suas fotos mas não sei porque não consigo visualizar mais suas fotos

ron, you still have the PDF that can be put up for free downloading. the pix won't fall out of that.

[dukduk]

Thanks, the pdf is a blessing

[dukduk]

Looks like photobucket is no longer hosting free images and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $400 a month for the privilege. I'm not sure what course I'll take with this thread as I feel it has been useful for many. It may be that I'll finally write the book I've been threatening to do, in which case the thread will disappear from the site, which will kind of defeat its purpose; that is to make the information free and easily accessible to all. I apologize for the inconvenience. Uploading the images to the site is an option I'll have to consider. Stay tuned for further developments.

I'd buy that in digital so I can put it in a binder

[ThijsDS]

Hello,

I'm new on the forum and working my 1st CB550 project, is this pdf still available somewhere. I've looked around on the forum but was not able to find it.

[RAFster122s]

If you read Restoration Fan's post about 12 posts higher you might find it...

David

[ThijsDS]

Thanks. I found the link before, however it didn't work. Turns out the link works at my computer at home, and is blocked at work  . I guess I shouldn't browse forums at work...