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I found out that the starter clutch was loose on the rotor. Tightened it up and the major noise is gone. With the current setup I assume 219.60 chain is the correct one. Chain needs to be tightened with 0.5 mm shims to get a realistic slack. One starter motor has probably some incorrect parts instal...

not sure how to post pictures here. I have lot of spares to it so I installed another starter motor from the spares box. This one whines a lot but does not have and metallic noises. I did not adjust the slack on the chain. It is around 10mm. Saw the chain is skidding a lot on the big sprocket. The s...

Yes it starts. Sounds ok for some time and makes metallic noise for some time. This goes in periods. The engine starts fine with the starter

With reasonable number of shims I managed to get the chain slack down to 2-3 mm for the 219.60 chain. To get a 219.58 to fit i need roughly 10mm lower starter. A number of boxes with parts came with the bike. In total I have 4 starters. All look different but with same fit so either none is to a CB7...

Hi I am fairly new to vintage 4-stroke bikes. My first is a CB77. The starter has a terrible noise. Sounds like the chain sprocket is skipping inside the chain. The current chain is a 219.60 chain. I can see it is too slack. Have approx 2cm slack. Saw that the manuals and the chains for sale are 219...