CX500 Engine Removal and Disassembly - EP6

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CX500 Engine Removal and Disassembly - CX500 Scrambler build EP6. Progress continues on the CX50 build with removing the engine to do both modifications and service to it. I get the engine out and then do a partial disassembly getting the rear cover off and camshaft out to made some modifications for an electric fan conversion. Below are some sources for parts and information.
Motofaction website - immense CX/GL information source:
motofaction.org/
Murrays Carbs - Performance and OEM parts:
murrayscarbs.com/
Partzilla - OEM parts source:
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David Silver Spares - OEM parts:
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Dime City Cycles - Some OEM but mainly aftermarket parts:
www.dimecitycy...
Clymer Service manual(Amazon affiliate link where I get a small commission if you make a purchase):
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@sargefreedom1578 Год назад

I learn more all the time watching your videos. When I was a young fella, I used to manhandle stuff too. Then I got old….er.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Glad you can gain things from them. I have to man handle things as I dont have anyone available to help

@sargefreedom1578 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds I understand the help issue. My help grew up and left home.

@kennethlee5891 2 года назад

You've helped me so much I bought a cx500 last month and plan on working on it throughout the winter and hopefully have it running in the summer your videos helped me so much you're an inspiration to home mechanics like myself keep it up boss

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

I really appreciate that and am happy the videos help!

@padrescout 2 года назад

That is AWESOME! It's been 8 months, how's the project going?

@mikeohonda486 2 года назад

The time lapse makes it look so easy !😆😆. I have never had to use an angle like you did to get a back case off. Usually some easy taps with the plastic hammer on the sides does the trick.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

I tapped for a bit and thought of this and figured I'd give it a try. Time-lapse ONLY cuts out like 95% of the actual time involved lol

@meatcreap Год назад

What a beautiful engine

@chrisbutcher4497 2 года назад

My first ever big bike after I passed my test. Lovely bike.👍

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

They are definitely fun bikes!

@user-pf9wv6ok2d 2 года назад

Thanks for the video, getting ready to rebuild my cx500c project.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

🙏🙏

@upsidedowndog1256 2 года назад

That's a wild engine design. I never realized they were pushrod engines. I studied the FI and turbo systems on that model but not the engine itself. Honda was pretty much just "showing off" it's high tech capabilities with the turbo version. I might have been tempted to send the cam to Webb Racing Cams for a bigger bump while it was out anyway. I did that to my 1971 CB350 twin, as well as Hap Jones +3mm pistons, racing electronic ignition, and 32mm Mikuni carb conversion. It is spooky fast now!

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Yea they really are cool engines and I believe we're one the first if not the first 4 valve engines that honda made. The heads are twisted as well so getting pistons is impossible. The like to rev and do it all day. Also, love your username lol. My GF is a Yoga instructor so downdog has relevance to me

@upsidedowndog1256 2 года назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds In the 60s Honda was building crazy machines. The 1st 4 valve engine happened about the same time as the CX. The CB900F had 4 valves around 1982. Was your CBX1050 6 not 4 valve?

@G58 Год назад

@@upsidedowndog1256 The VF750Fs all had four valves.

@mattyb7736 Год назад

The turbo boosted to 19.5 psi, made about 80 bhp, not bad for a push rod 4 valve donk. Check the specs, a lot of the internal bits are common.

@DueDaddMotorsports 2 года назад

Man I wish I could lift our engines out by hand!!! Teach us your ways!!

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

A full diet of reeses peanut butter cups, apples, and pb&j sandwiches does it for me!

@flexjay87 2 года назад

I am a fairly new subscriber, and enjoy your thorough videos. I been riding and wrenching on my own Honda's since 1971, and currently have a ST 1100 blown apart in my garage as we speak. . Pay no attention to the critics, you do a good job, no one is perfect :)

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Hey thank you a lot for that. People always look to point out the smallest potential flaw in a sea of good and it gets frustrating.

@rob_u_blynde 2 года назад

Just found this channel after seeing you pop up on IG a few times. Can’t believe I haven’t seen it before, I’m always looking for cx500 content since my 3 projects are always in shambles. Can’t wait to see how this turns out and the progress along the way, your GL650 scrambler I just watched is ridiculously cool.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Well you're here now so welcome lol. If you have seen the 650 you should definitely take a peep at the 650 swapped CX500 build 😎

@JDnBeastlet 2 года назад

Great video. Easy to follow, well filmed and well explained.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Many thanks!

@DocJonesGarage 2 года назад

Can't have too many different sized blocks of wood around! A spot to set something on in the garage that's not the floor can be a mighty rare thing sometimes!

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Thats seriously an understatement. I keep lots of various wood blocks around and they are my most used non-tool item in the shop. Just constantly have them on a project

@peterr3527 2 года назад

Thanks for this. Looking forward to your e-fan mod.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Definitely check out the cooling system overview on my last CX500 build. It was very trick!

@JustOurFamily 2 года назад

Excellent video - thanks for posting!

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Well thank you for watching!

@garydunn3037 Год назад

Wow, you really seem to know your stuff when it comes to engines.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Well I have done a few of these so I can be efficianet

@garydunn3037 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds Well, as they say practice makes perfect. I've watched you, in Awe, at tackling the Awesome CBX Six. I just would not have a clue where to start.

@richiebainbridge2608 2 года назад

Lookin forward to the cam mod.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

It may upset the purists lol

@bertbog5088 2 года назад

great really love your builds and take downs

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Thanks Bert!

@mauroostino3174 Год назад

Thanks for the really well done video

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank you much!

@dennisdickey2267 2 года назад

I had two CX500 Turbos and a CX650 Turbo. You want to replace the crappy alternator. Good luck.!

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

This one passed all resistance checks as well as visual checks so Ill keep using it. If it were The G47 id replace it

@inch830 10 месяцев назад

Good job

@BrickHouseBuilds 10 месяцев назад

Thank you

@uhtred7860 2 года назад

I got given my grandfathers 83 CX650 Eurosport about 6 months ago and have been wondering what to do with it, its something i would have never looked at as im more into 80s sports bikes, but after riding it a bit its grown on me, might give it a rolling resto.

@ACECafeBikes 2 года назад

Impressive

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

The engine lift..yea I know ;)

@xcentric.ind. 2 года назад

I'm enjoying these new cx500 build videos. I just found out about the honda silver wing. Identical bike to the cx500 just a different tank and excessively cheaper. 💲💲💲💲

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

The silverwing (GL500/GL650) are really good bikes. Different frame, suspension and overall shape but great bikes. Check out my GL650 build playlist as that bike is now done and is a ton of fun!

@xcentric.ind. 2 года назад

Man I thought they were identical ..... still has that 82° heads that I really like about these bikes.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

@@xcentric.ind. right the engines are the same for the most part but thats where the similarities end.

@dennisdelaney7657 Год назад

Gotta get yourself a small hoist dude.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Id like one but nowhere to put it. Hopefully you liked the context of the video

@T..C..M 2 года назад

I’ve never seen a bike with a mechanical cooling fan, that’s amazing. Pretty complicated engine for an OHV V-Twin very futuristic. My FIL has an 81 CX500 in average looking shape and I was going to help him sell it, now I might just buy it. I think it has 34,000 miles, is that too many to bother with this thing?

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

These were the first pushrod engines from Honda I believe. They can go well over 100k with the right maintenance

@n4zou 2 года назад

CX500's are infamous for leaking coolant pump seals, burned out stators, and shearing blades off the cam driven fan. You can change the seal with the engine in frame but if you ever do it again you'll pull the engine. You must pull the engine to replace the stator. Anytime you have the engine out pull the stator cover to inspect the coils. It may have been working but if there are coils that are discolored from excess heat they will soon fail once the bike is being driven again. You might think you can leave the cam driven fan like it is to save putting in an electric fan. DON'T do that. The fan will explode it's blades and destroy the radiator at the same instant. You will hear a bang and coolant will pour out on the ground.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Yup, very familiar with all points there. You can see the entire purpose of this was to modify the cam for an electric conversion, inspect everything, replace seals, etc. Always good to reiterate though

@teametal11 2 года назад

What’s so difficult about changing the seal in frame?

@n4zou 2 года назад

@@teametal11 you are only one step from pulling the engine once you strip the bike to get at the seal and that step is dropping the engine. It's a lot easier to change the seal with the engine on a work bench. Might as well pull the stator cover while it's on the bench. It also makes installing an electric fan easy to.

@donovanswift5010 2 года назад

Jesus Christ I didn’t expect you to deadlift the fucking engine, He-man

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Hahaha they aren't thaaaat bad but just awkward and hard on the back.

@TheStargoose Год назад

Great video of a famously interesting engine. But please, please protect your spine. A herniated disc is a life changing shock out of nowhere and no replacement parts are available.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I understand that but at some point the job has to get done. I don't have people I can call on to help at a moments notice

@МаксимК-н8и 14 дней назад

Hello! Tell me, please, where do you order spare parts for this motor?

@BrickHouseBuilds 14 дней назад

@@МаксимК-н8и all of that is already linked in the description

@captnjaygreybeard6394 Год назад

My CX500 has been parked for two years and I think it is seized up. Tried jump starting but only get a click with the starter, (does not turn over because there was no air out of the exhaust) I can move the bike in neutral, but wont budge trying to rock the bike in first gear. Where is an easy place to get to, so I use a wrench to turn it over, after soaking the inside of the cylinders with oil? thanks

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

There is an access hole in the front cover. Remove that and use a 17mm socket to rotate the engine. Please buy a service manual so you have access to this information and more

@captnjaygreybeard6394 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds Hey thanks for writing back. I was not sure if it would behind fan or have to take the whole engine out. I just googled some images now, and I think I saw it because the case has an similar flat bolt disc on the side. The bike is out of town, next time I am there I know what to look for. Cheers and thanks again for the help. 👍

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

@@captnjaygreybeard6394 Its direct access from the front. I know I show it in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kP6Dw70cGME.html

@mattyb7736 Год назад

Why go to all the trouble ? Just buy a factory tach drive blanking plug, about $20 online from multiple places.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Well I didn't JUST do a tach cable block off. I show the work I did to the camshaft and cover in the next video. The engine also needed service.

@dinoprather1254 11 месяцев назад

Don't you know the one time your working on a cx 500 you post it at 2# the speed, I have no way to slow it down. Yes I know you have worked on many other 500s ,I need all the information I can get to my bike looking like showroom condition.

@BrickHouseBuilds 11 месяцев назад

Im not sure how to help here as I have at least 4 other videos on the white CX build showing engine disassembly and reassembly. Definitely be sure you pick up a service manual as that should always be what you base steps on.

@MotoMango 2 года назад

How many engines you got in that garage? lol

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

Thats a fair question! 😅😅

@Buddha-of8fk 7 месяцев назад

Almost like a Moto Guzzi engine.

@BrickHouseBuilds 7 месяцев назад

In a sense.

@Buddha-of8fk 7 месяцев назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds l had a CX but never had to tear it down. I did have to on my second Moto Guzzi. The transmission was a bit different. The Guzzi is basically a 2 cylinder small block Chevy ish. I do love any old stuff. Take basic hand tools and a good service manual and go to town.

@johnjones4825 2 года назад

1:43 Please stop doing that! I, too, lifted engines when I was in my 30s, not just bike engines, but car too. You really don't want to see an X-ray of my spine (I'm 62 now). I'm paying heavy fines in pain and difficulty in moving these days...just carrying a loaf of bread and a Coke from the car this afternoon has me walking like a bent question mark.

@BrickHouseBuilds 2 года назад

I know and you are absolutely right. I just have nobody around to help me with this stuff. Again, you are 100% correct here and I do think about this a lot as I age

@Plons0Nard Месяц назад

I did the same with my cx500 and it was on the floor of the shed. I am 69 now, and would still do it this way. It is all a matter of lifting technique. Still no issues with my back or anything else. Know your limits is my advice. Cheers and greetings from the Netherlands 👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱