Author Topic: chain size for 78 cb550K  (Read 992 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

anne

  • Guest
chain size for 78 cb550K
« on: April 15, 2006, 02:30:41 PM »
could I put an o-ring chain on a '78 cb550K? what size??

A.

Offline TwoTired

  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 21,805
Re: chain size for 78 cb550K
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2006, 04:12:05 PM »
You could.  It will physically go on.  But, a 530 chain like what is on the stock bike, is wider when an oring type.  This width is so close to the engine case that any sloppiness allows the chain to cut into the engine case.

Some people have switched to a 520 o ring chain.  Which, in its o ring configuration is as wide and the non-oring 530 type.  You will have to get replacement sprockets for this chain as the sprocket teeth are narrower than those for the 530.

Cheers,
Lloyd... (SOHC4 #11 Original Mail List)
72 500, 74 550, 75 550K, 75 550F, 76 550F, 77 550F X2, 78 550K, 77 750F X2, 78 750F, 79CX500, 85 700SC, GL1100

Those that learn from history are doomed to repeat it by those that don't learn from history.