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I just got a set for mine, I realized that the top sticks out like that, I may just run the all balls lowers and stock upper bearings unless someone thinks thats a bad idea for some reason.

What are the thoughts or experiences using after market cables from India and if positive what vendor to choose would help also.
Not sure if these are whats being offered state side now that the RDs are in there 50's (Throttle Cable) really expensive state side, my goal is to do a complete new cable purchase.
I really like to buy from US vendors but money is tight.

Ive had bad luck with cables in general, could just be the repo throttle housing too but ive had one break and both seemed too long, and they were pretty pricey. I ended up making my own individual throttle cables when I went to a dual pull domino throttle then went 2-1 for carbs and 1 for oil pump when I installed my oil pump.

I got my cable kits from Venhill, and I've had some nice cables custom made from Motion Pro before too. It was a little tedious to make them, but well worth it.

I have a pair of Wicked pipes on my 400, definitely better than the DGs that were on it before with good power all around, also like the look of them but its a preference. They have nice little billet silencers and headers. Haven't tried out Spec IIs but I'm sure they are worth the wait.

That thing's sick

Just pulled all of mine out, they were pretty much glued in.
I just used 2 flanged nuts and tightened them together and used the bottom one to unscrew it,
Just used a ton of heat, torch comes in handy at times lol

[06]

fyi the part numbers will sometimes give the info you need. for example, on the engien covers, the number contains the size and length.



1st one: 06 = m6 040 = 40mm

etc. ;)

Interesting, did not catch that.

A few of your screw lengths don't look correct. For example, the oil pump cover is M6 x 45 and the left cover top center bolt is M6 x 35

You'd be correct, I changed the oil pump cover screws to M6 x 50 because 45mm did not have enough threads to fully grab in my opinion and after measuring 50mm worked a lot better, just forgot to put this list back to standard sizes.

The list is more of just for sizes not really specific to factory types, of course really all that is different are the head types.

[1976 RD400 Bolt List]

Been taking notes on a google sheet for a lot of hardware I am going to replace during my rebuild, I did find a site with a big list but cant find it anymore and figured at least one person would like a nut and bolt thread started on here.
I am going to continue my list as I go on, I'll just throw in what's in a side cover bolt kit till I organize my list, if anyone want to add their own list for their bike that'd be cool.





1976 RD400 Bolt List

Size	Location	Quantity	Type	Notes
M6 x 1.0 x 25	Clutch	6	Phillips SEMS Bolt	Clutch Bolts
Side Cover Bolts
M6 x 1.0 x 30	Side Cover (Clutch)	7	M6 Allen Socket Head
M6 x 1.0 x 40	Side Cover (Clutch)	2	M6 Allen Socket Head (Partial Thread)	Dowel Pin Bolts
M6 x 1.0 x 45	Side Cover (Oil Pump)	3	M6 Allen Socket Head (Partial Thread)
M6 x 1.0 x 20	Side Cover (Sprocket)	3	M6 Allen Socket Head	2 Clutch Adjuster, 1 Top Center-Right Sprocket Cover
M6 x 1.0 x 25	Side Cover (Sprocket)	2	M6 Allen Socket Head 1 Right, 1 Bottom
M6 x 1.0 x 35	Side Cover (Sprocket)	1	M6 Allen Socket Head (Partial Thread)	Top Center Bolt
M6 x 1.0 x 70	Side Cover (Generator)	3	M6 Allen Socket Head (Partial Thread)

Make sure the inside of the rim is clean and smooth, especially where the tire has to slip up onto the bead area of the rim.  I have a wire brush wheel in an old drill that I clean and polish tube type rims with.  Tubeless rims are usually no issue, but tube type seem to grow a layer of oxidation and old rubber bits.  If it is sunny and warm, leave the tire(s) in the sun for 30min or so to soften up.  And use a good tire mounting lubricant, not dish soap.  I use 'Murphys tire and tube mounting compound'.  12-15psi is all it ever takes.

There was some oxidation, didnt think it was bad, ill take them back apart and polish them up, see if it helps.

Hello everyone,
I got a pair of Avon AM26s (110/90-18 90/90-18) for my RD and when i went to put them on my balancer I noticed that it wasn't spinning straight and the bead was not seated correctly, ive had 90 pounds of air in them, tried everything I knew but couldn't get it to seat (both tires).
Ended up taking them to cycle gear to see if they can do it, 45 hours later, found out they could not.
Anyone have this problem, and any suggestions?
Thanks