79 carb choke linkage broke!

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79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby lostcause » Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:46 am

I am working on cleaning and restoring a 1979 cb650. The price was right and I figured why not... Well the more I dig in the more I find it may have been an ambitious first time café project.. However to my current problem. When cleaning the carbs i ran across the choke linkage broken.. From what I have researched you can replace with a metal one from 750's wondering where I can get my hands on one. All the posts I found were quite old.. Thanks for the help in advance! ImageImage

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Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby GeorgeSweety » Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:34 pm

Hi and welcome, you mean like this?
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I was lucky to find this on ebay, its from a 1976/77 CB750 but I don't think they are or were available separately, you had to buy the rest of the linkage. Where are you located?

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Re: RE: Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby lostcause » Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:03 pm

GeorgeSweety wrote:Hi and welcome, you mean like this?
head bolt 011.JPG
I was lucky to find this on ebay, its from a 1976/77 CB750 but I don't think they are or were available separately, you had to buy the rest of the linkage. Where are you located?
Yes I think that is it! I have been looking through ebay but no dice right now. I am in Minnesota. Image

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Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby GeorgeSweety » Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:39 pm

I have seen somewhere on the interwebby where the choke shaft was fixed by welding an extra piece on to the shaft and a lever was then bolted on to the extended part to create a manual choke lever. I'll see if I can find it again and post a link. Please bear in mind that it is nearly bedtime in the UK so I may have to search for it in the morning.

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Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby GeorgeSweety » Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:45 pm

Found it straight away, unfortunately the pictures have gone due to that lousy Photobucket crapping out last year, but the description and a crude sketch are still there.

http://www.metricbobber.com/showthread.php?tid=531

It seems like a viable alternative if you couldn't find a replacement.

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Re: RE: Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby lostcause » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:08 pm

GeorgeSweety wrote:Found it straight away, unfortunately the pictures have gone due to that lousy Photobucket crapping out last year, but the description and a crude sketch are still there.

http://www.metricbobber.com/showthread.php?tid=531

It seems like a viable alternative if you couldn't find a replacement.
Wow that is interesting and might just work! I will keep looking awhile for a replacement and than might be left to that option. Thanks for the info!

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Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby GeorgeSweety » Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:53 am

If you do go that way can you update the rest of us with any pitfalls or benefits to your method. The one thing that I would make sure of is to get an extension piece welded on absolutely straight.

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Re: 79 carb choke linkage broke!

Postby Folsoml » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:05 am

GeorgeSweety wrote: unfortunately the pictures have gone due to that lousy Photobucket crapping out last year


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