Ive been working on my CB400f for about 6 months now and she has come a long way from being in non-running "barn find" condition to now. The bike actually runs pretty well, pulls through the gears nicely but I have been having a little trouble dialing in the ignition. The bike definitely loses power on the top end and through my timing light I can see its not really advancing as far as it should. I figured out I wasn't tuning for full advance because it was advancing slightly at idle due to loose advancer springs.
I tried to tighten them up by cutting and re-bending like some have had success with but the darn thing slipped out of my pliers and shot across the garage. It maybe shot into an alternate dimension or something, because I cannot for the life of me find it. Seems no one state side makes a comparable spring for these bikes? I did some research and bought some springs from Mcmastercarr. I put these (
https://www.mcmaster.com/94135K239/) on the bike and they work OK. No advance at idle but basically full advance at 2k. I will probably try to get the next step up in wire size, but does anyone have experience with this? Any recommendations?
The bike runs like a bat out of hell at full advance now...
