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hoolio
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PostPosted: 11:42 - 09 Jul 2015    Post subject: oil burning cb125tdc overhaul Reply with quote

Although it's running fine without problems after the May bank holiday ride out to Hastings with some guy's from work I've concluded work is needed to cure the oil burning,after looking like one of the red arrows from behind for most of the trip the 120 mile round trip pretty much cleared out my oil and it needs filling every week so I have got hold of an oem barrel and piston kit which has pistons, rings,top and bottom gaskets,gudgeon pin and clips and stem seals,also got rocker and exhaust gaskets.
Question is, is the haynes manual a good enough guide to walk me through the job and is there any essential item that I should be replacing at the same time or any special tools needed.
I'll be doing plugs filters including cleaning the oil grill,new chain and sprockets (euro spec 40 rear) at the same time along with brightening the dodgy paint with vinyl wrap and new decals and recovering the seat,all when I have my 2 weeks off in a few weeks time.
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PostPosted: 12:17 - 09 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Despite the nay sayers the Haynes will be fine, if you get stuck Google is your friend!
Check the piston ring end gap and the valve guides when you take the old motor apart.
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PostPosted: 14:16 - 09 Jul 2015    Post subject: 2t cb125 Reply with quote

research the centrifugal oil filter..........you taking the engine out or leaving it in?? ( front bracket and upper rear engine bolt from memory )

cam bearings........

be carefull with 1/2 inch drive plug sockets......and don't shear the 6mm ( 10mm spanner size ) exhaust studs.

pistons in phase or is yours 180degree type?

take your time and enjoy, but ne careful with the rings!
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hoolio
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PostPosted: 15:11 - 09 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

will do Sid it's having new barrels so ring gap should be fine..
is the centrifugal oil filter fitted to my 85 cb125tdc I thought t was just a mesh screen but will look into it futher,
will see how it looks with the tank off and if I can do it without disturbing the engine/wiring,
will order a couple of cam bearings and use a tin of shock and unlock on all bolts,am sure it's 180 which should keep things a little simpler
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PostPosted: 16:48 - 09 Jul 2015    Post subject: Re: oil burning cb125tdc overhaul Reply with quote

hoolio wrote:
Question is, is the haynes manual a good enough guide to walk me through the job .

Yes
But my .HOW2: Top End Rebuild Honda CB125 (Benley Motor) Has colour pictures.
hoolio wrote:
is there any essential item that I should be replacing at the same time?

In the top end valve stem seals.
As for cam bearings - ho-hum- depends what state they are in.. you may find that the Chinky Jailing cam sets on e-bay are cheaper than a pair of new cam bearings bought individually. your call if you use the cam. Its not great, it's timing is that of the 'standardised' TD-J item.
IF the cam-chain comes off easy.. then you may want to think about knocking the bottom end down and replacing the cam-chain.
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hoolio wrote:
and e or any special tools needed.

Low range torque wrench essential for torqueing up the cylinder head studs.
Small valve spring compressor, handy for getting valves out of the head to lap up and do the stem-seals.
hoolio wrote:
is the centrifugal oil filter fitted to my 85 cb125tdc
No
hoolio wrote:
I thought t was just a mesh screen.

Correct: As Snowie's HOW2: change Oil & CLean strainer (Small Honda's +)
hoolio wrote:
will see how it looks with the tank off and if I can do it without disturbing the engine/wiring,

Heads got to come off the motor; so after you have removed battery and air-boxes so as to remove carbs without buggering the unobtanium carb rubbers, undone the cylinder head to frame mounting plates, and removed the exhausts and the HT leads, there's only two bolts holding the motor in the cradle at the front, two at the back, and then err... plug to the reg/rect, and I think five bullet connectors, and the gear-lever connecting engine to frame. Rocker cover can be a bit of a bugger to wiggle out from under the spin & coils on its own, so PERSONALLY for the sake of five bolts and a couple of wires, I'd pull the whole thing out and make life easy doing it on the bench.

Add on edd... (set of valve guide seals arrived todday, so I discovered Snowie having a crack at one this after-noon after I had typed original message, so memory is being 'refreshed' on the topic!) the starter motor cable is clamped by the alternator casing, and the starter motor is mounted in-front of the barrel. You can get the barrel off without removing the starter, but its annoyingly in the way when you come to remove cylinder studs and clean up the base gasket faces, so genny cover and starter are best taken off too... a 1/4" drive socket set may be worth while investment here; low range torque wrench likely to be 1/4 drive anyway, but the clearances around some of the 8mm head casing screws is a bit bludy tight and a 3/8" drive socket often wont get on the heads cleanly, resulting in rounding.

when you have got the motor out and ready to work on; DONT competely remove the cam-chain tensioner lock-nut or the bottom of the mech goes walkies.

Before tacking the 8 main head stud nuts on the rocker caps; undo the two 10mm head bolts either side of the cam-chain tunnel, and the one shorter external M6/10mm head bolt at the front.. note that that one has a captive nut in the barrel casting outside the engine, and you may have to hold it with a spanner, AND its likely to have rusted rather solid with all the shit chucked at it by the front wheel.

Cam-chain tensioner blade has to be removed from the tension mech to get the head off the barrel, and I THINK the heynes tells you to take that off early... DONT.. leave it until you have removed the cam-caps, and slackened the cam-chain sprocket screws.. you will need to rotate the crank to turn the cam to get the sprocket to 'drop' so you can remove the cam-shain, AND at that point, its a darn site easier if you can use the cam-chain tensioner, to pull the tensioner blade 'up' to take tension off the chain and make some wiggle room to lift the cam-chain, than trying to tug the loose end of the blade out of teh way...

Be effof careful removing the split-pin / Jesus clip from the tensioner blade.. it likes to 'ping' and then fall down the cam-chain tunnel into the crank-case!!!!! B ut as said, do that after you have got all the cylinder bolts & studs nuts, cam-caps and cam out the way.. then undo the CCT bolt and adjuster lock-nut, and bow-pin so head and barrel can be lifted off the crank-case.
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PostPosted: 09:55 - 10 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers for that. Middle Finger
I have your how to's all book marked and ready Mike although my old eyes do struggle with the background/font colour combo Rolling Eyes ,but it's definately the sort of thing that helps keep these old girls on the road Middle Finger
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PostPosted: 00:08 - 19 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

All stripped and put back together,so much easier than my old Quattro but a fiddly muddah none the less especially the oil rings am plaesed with the progress so far,saying that I have a couple of issues to sort firstly the rocker cover was always oily on one side and it turns out that the bolt doesn't tighten fully so reckon a re-thread via helicoil is needed,feel free to let me know the bolt size Wink . other issue is the clutch foor some reason don't operate adjusted to it's limit and is was more than fine before so reckon I've done something wrong but am left scratching my head as it all looks as it should,well sleep a freash head and a charge in the flat battery might work it out. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 00:59 - 23 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorted the oil leak issue just running in for about 100 miles let the rings bed in then see how it reacts to the high revs,clutch works fine but the position of the lock and adjuster nuts are not where they should be Rolling Eyes got new pads and shoes to fit and a new tacho cable if I can get the damm screw out of the engine case any tips...
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PostPosted: 10:26 - 23 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used an impact driver bit and a socket wrench, to get mine out.
The screw was completely knackered so I had to cut a new slot in the screw to get purchase.
I tried to move it with the impact driver at first but was worried I would crack the case.

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