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Clearance question

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 6:33 am
by whatscooking
When I look under the fuel tank, when mounted, I see on the right side that the twisted wire thing that holds the clutch cable one side and the throttle\choke cables on the other side is rubbing on the fuel tank on the right side. This part bolts to the coils for a support for the cables. I looked at both 79es I have and they both do this. Have I got them mounted wrong?

Re: Clearance question

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 7:28 am
by steve murdoch icoa #5322
I couldn't find a pic in my stash but you can see the alignment in this EBay auction.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Honda-CBX1 ... 60&vxp=mtr

Re: Clearance question

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 7:52 am
by whatscooking
That's how mine bolts on but it does rub the tank.

Re: Clearance question

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 4:15 pm
by daves79x
It will easily bend enough to clear the tank.

Dave

Re: Clearance question

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 12:33 am
by barryadam
My Accel coils have a higher (thicker) mounting lug than the OEM ones, and since this wire guide mounts on top of the coil lugs, I made a bit of a 'z' bend in it's base leg to further reduce the height where it was rubbing on the underside of the tank.

Barry