[Merkdawg0084]

Nighthawk 450, moved engine around to paint it and found this? Where might this go? It’s black in color. Thx

 

[longdistancerider]

It's a cooling fin damper to dampen vibrations from breaking the fins on the head. Not sure of location though

 

[Merkdawg0084]

Thx. I thought it went somewhere like that. I’ll pull schematics. Painted engine today.. Turned out pretty dang good I must say..

 

[Alan F.]

I think I remember a part like that on my 81 CM400C it was placed to keep the clutch cable from coming in contact with the cylinder head fins on the right hand side of the engine.

 

[Merkdawg0084]

Thx. I’ll check it out.

 

[Merkdawg0084]

Just looked at schematic, it’s called an insulator cable. If you’re sitting on bike it is on your right hand side of engine, that’s about all I can figure out...

 

[longdistancerider]

Right, front, bottom, outer corner of the cylinder, goes on the second fin from the bottom @1/4" back from the actual corner.

 

[dtsmjr8dan]

Here's a pic of what Jim's saying....

 

[Merkdawg0084]

Thx guys I appreciate it.

 

[ancientdad]

...it’s called an insulator cable.

Certainly not to nit-pick, just to clarify - but the part descriptions from Honda's fiches have generally been in alphabetical order by "proper" noun form for the most part, with the terms separated by a comma. It's actually called "insulator, cable" which puts the description of what it's insulating after the part itself (the noun), like the base gasket listed as "gasket, cylinder" or the half-rings that hold the transmission bearings in place in the upper case of a 350 and 450 twin - "ring, set" which, of course, is a set ring... just FYI

 

[Merkdawg0084]

Thx, guess I left the comma out. Sry.. lol