Jose, you can buy those same S600,S800 mirrors for $150.00 plus shipping and
handling. I have one set in stock.
Mike
Re: Digest Number 582
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Engine rebuild reminder 1001
It never ceases to amaze me what some Honda 600 rookies will do when
rebuilding the Honda 600 engine. Yesterday a Honda 600 owner brought over
his engine he was having rebuilt at a shop south of the boarder. It was one
that I had installed in a Sedan around Jan/Feb 1999. When the new owner
brought in the parts they were full of sand, Dog hair and dirt along with a
number of major parts missing.
But let me start this story out right. He was not the original owner.
That had started years ago when a father (I will call him Able) wanted to
get a Honda 600 for his daughter. I assisted in gathering parts and we even
found an engine that had been put together by another member of the Roster
(I will call him Sam) some years before and had been sitting for the day
when it would replace the engine in Sam's Honda 600. However before Sam had
to use it he sold his car and had this engine collecting dust in the corner
of his garage. I found a couple of other cars which both needed a lot of
work and Sam called and said I could get the rebuilt engine for a reasonable
price and make a whole car. The car came together well enough and seemed to
run really well. The new owner Abel's Daughter even wanted an oil cooler
and remote filter so she wouldn't have to fuss with the now very hard to
find Honda 600 oil filter. Any way a couple of years went by and the car
was in a light accident which was repaired and I even tuned it up a few
times. It Abel's daughter even made a couple of trips to LA from San Diego
besides the daily use she gave it around here. So I was some what
surprised when I received the call that the car had developed a knock and
they (the new owners who I will call Justin) had taken it to Mexico for the
engine work.
Now back to where we came in, because he brought over only the engine and
it was in parts. But the numbers matched the one I had put in the car so I
was interested to see if there really was a bad crankshaft. So we completed
the rest of the disassembly of the engine (the folks south of the boarder
didn't have the puller for the stator so the lower half of the engine was
still together. When I pulled the Crankshaft I found the bearing race on
the drive chain side of the engine was missing the roller cage and all the
bearings. No they were not anywhere in the engine and the race couldn't be
removed without splitting the case, so it would have had to be missing when
the engine was reassembled during the rebuild. I tested the crankshaft and
checked it for loose rods and checked out the other bearings. And I kid you
not, all is in great condition. For an engine running on only three of the
four bearings that were supposed to be there it did very well.
This again says a lot about the mechanics of the Honda 600 and I would say
the oil cooler and remote PH8A filter had a bit to do with it too. This
does not mean you should leave bearings out of your engine, but this one
seemed to develop a sound that made the owner think it was a knock.
I will let you know how it comes out, but he is still collecting parts south
of the boarder.
Bill
rebuilding the Honda 600 engine. Yesterday a Honda 600 owner brought over
his engine he was having rebuilt at a shop south of the boarder. It was one
that I had installed in a Sedan around Jan/Feb 1999. When the new owner
brought in the parts they were full of sand, Dog hair and dirt along with a
number of major parts missing.
But let me start this story out right. He was not the original owner.
That had started years ago when a father (I will call him Able) wanted to
get a Honda 600 for his daughter. I assisted in gathering parts and we even
found an engine that had been put together by another member of the Roster
(I will call him Sam) some years before and had been sitting for the day
when it would replace the engine in Sam's Honda 600. However before Sam had
to use it he sold his car and had this engine collecting dust in the corner
of his garage. I found a couple of other cars which both needed a lot of
work and Sam called and said I could get the rebuilt engine for a reasonable
price and make a whole car. The car came together well enough and seemed to
run really well. The new owner Abel's Daughter even wanted an oil cooler
and remote filter so she wouldn't have to fuss with the now very hard to
find Honda 600 oil filter. Any way a couple of years went by and the car
was in a light accident which was repaired and I even tuned it up a few
times. It Abel's daughter even made a couple of trips to LA from San Diego
besides the daily use she gave it around here. So I was some what
surprised when I received the call that the car had developed a knock and
they (the new owners who I will call Justin) had taken it to Mexico for the
engine work.
Now back to where we came in, because he brought over only the engine and
it was in parts. But the numbers matched the one I had put in the car so I
was interested to see if there really was a bad crankshaft. So we completed
the rest of the disassembly of the engine (the folks south of the boarder
didn't have the puller for the stator so the lower half of the engine was
still together. When I pulled the Crankshaft I found the bearing race on
the drive chain side of the engine was missing the roller cage and all the
bearings. No they were not anywhere in the engine and the race couldn't be
removed without splitting the case, so it would have had to be missing when
the engine was reassembled during the rebuild. I tested the crankshaft and
checked it for loose rods and checked out the other bearings. And I kid you
not, all is in great condition. For an engine running on only three of the
four bearings that were supposed to be there it did very well.
This again says a lot about the mechanics of the Honda 600 and I would say
the oil cooler and remote PH8A filter had a bit to do with it too. This
does not mean you should leave bearings out of your engine, but this one
seemed to develop a sound that made the owner think it was a knock.
I will let you know how it comes out, but he is still collecting parts south
of the boarder.
Bill