How to rebuild a CX500 engine in less than 5 Minutes!

[@sinclairearl]

That engine is a work of art

[@flyingv636]

Great work sir! Wish you were closer, I would love to pay ya for your time on a rebuild.

[@karlstigers]

What a great shooting. A pleasure to watch :-)

[@Mike_abel]

Thanks! I hope to do more of the same style videos.

[@zeromystik]

Awesome video. Thank you for posting. I want to try and tackle this one day with my build, just to make sure everything is good inside.

[@Mike_abel]

Thanks, good luck with the rebuild👍

[@nainka11]

Thanks ...and Well done...........I'm guessing you have done it at least once before...Much appreciated.

[@manleycliff]

This is fried gold! Thanks for posting!

[@lambertj.2892]

Great job!! I may attempt that with my CX500.

[@adep6189]

Great video really enjoyed it , I have one same colour a 1981 .. thxs for posting . .👍

[@Mike_abel]

Thanks, hopefully I will post more so keep a look out👍

[@juvenaljesus5226]

If you look close, as sun the motor is disasembled...the picture turn's backwards! Is the same motor before being disasembled! 😉😏

[@kenweis7913]

Hope you did the water pump seal

[@michaelperkins5746]

A very easy engine to work on

[@doccops]

Nice job, that is a big old lump of an engine especially compared to my KTM500 !

[@alarmerads]

Jag kollade kamkedjan på hösten innan jag ställde in bågen för vintern. Ett nytt stag vid förgasarna svetsade en kompis och jag monterade. Annars rullade det bara på

[@kenweis7913]

Amazing video

[@gervaisfillion9417]

hi,great video.where did you get the statnd you are using to move the engine? it quite great.thanks again.Gef

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Nice video but what was the noise in the background? Sounded like somebody having an epileptic fit in a scrapyard.

[@solodologteam7725]

Nice job man . Just curious, what would be the approximate cost for this job assuming all parts are not that bad. 🤔

[@jsapey]

Excellent!

[@Mike_abel]

Thanks 👍

[@carlosgooglemaps94]

I wish I could work that fast! 👍🏻🤣

[@Mike_abel]

@@carlosgooglemaps94 The irony is it took twice as long because I was filming it!

[@WalidFeghali]

Do you use all the proper torque settings and everything from the manual? Or just "feel" your way there?

[@Mike_abel]

The short answer is yes I use a torque wrench! All important bolts, will be torqued, it’s the only way to truly do a job right, if you see someone ‘feeling’ a head bolt especially, walk away... the bolts to feel in are things like side cases and covers.

[@WalidFeghali]

@@Mike_abel Well said

[@uttaradit2]

why no rebore ?

[@hx24662]

How fast can a novice rebuild an engine, assuming I have all the parts?

[@jasontaylor3318]

Very nice video 👍, going to ask an obvious question but after changing oil on my gl500 I noticed a fuel smell in the new oil after 2 miles and standing behind the bike the right cylinder has considerately less exhaust output than the left side. To me that sounds like rings but with your rebuild experience what would be your guess based on that info? Any help would be greatly appreciated 👍

[@Mike_abel]

Get a cylinder leakage test done on the bike, if you have a ring issue you will get leakage into the crank case.

[@jasontaylor3318]

@@Mike_abel definitely will do! Im really hoping for it to not be the rings, I've heard they are difficult to locate a new set and I currently don't have the space to tear apart and rebuild

[@davidg1067]

The “rebuild” looked to be the teardown video played in reverse. Lame.

[@Major-F25]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ChachinMoto]

HEY THAT'S NOT FAIR, you sped it up at the end so it will take longer than 5 minutes.

[@christianvo6684]

That part ended up taking me 7.35 hours.

[@jasonmorris858]

Hey aehy'm no mechanic or nothing but aehy can tell you how you'll need to rebuild your "Dear Old Maggot" CX500 simply use a type7 diamond tip drill bit in a 5000w drill and make holes everywhere in said engine, why Dear Old Maggot? When you see a maggot try turning corners quickly it falls over, hey don't forget to get the stator rewound when you get a CX500 that variable capacitor is factory rated for 1250w but pumps 1340w you need to go from 14ge to 18ge wire, happy riding keep upright.

[@jasonmorris858]

For that stator rewind go see an armature rewind specialist, basically an Electrical Engineer who does the coiling of solid wire on spindles for electric motors, you can do it yourself there's a side cover around 14cm diameter almost directly under just to the right of the left engine barrel then 2 wires pop it out get said rewind in solid loop 18gauge and hook kit up and no mystery electric problems in the middle of nowhere.