Topic: Anyone have pics of CB500 wheels?

[Tugboat]

I'm about to relace some cb500 wheels. The guy who I'm doing it for didn't take any pics before taking them apart though. Anyone have some I can reference? I think it's a '72 if that makes any difference.

[Greggo]

The 71-(early) 76 500-4/550 wheels are the same.  But the 77-78's have a different brake plate, and axle spacer.  I bought a later one, not knowing there was a difference and had to buy the remaining parts to make it work.

There's a visible difference in the lip just below where the top of the brake plate sits.  I'll try to take a picture later, but I have to jam to work.

Here's a pic of the 500 brake sitting in the later wheel.

[turboguzzi]

what you need to relace wheels properly are not pictures but rather the hub to rim edge offset dimension, that's what will make the rim sit centric with the bikes center line.

i.e. if you lay a long ruler on the drum's edge (without back plate) in that picture,  you will see that there will be a distance from the ruler to the rim's edge and it will not the same on both sides, ditto for the front.

TG

[haill]

don't think there is any offset with cb500 wheels they are centered over the hub both front and back. Lest that's what i gleaned from the board when checked. The front did come with some from the factory, but was found to cause problems with tracking. You can sight through the air valve hole through the hubs center line, easy since they are grooved, over to the opposing spoke nipple to check how your offset is doing. If you first tighten the spokes up in groups of 4, swapping to opposing sides of the rim, the tension and the offset should stay even.