Rattle Rattle Rattle

[BumbleBeat]

I think so, but at my age I'm not sure of anything anymore. :-( I Photoshop-swapped the 1-2 caps in this pic and it looks less crazy to me, but then I don't know what it's supposed to look like in the first place.



I think I need to go double-check the marks I put on those parts before I disassembled them.

[Steve_M]

You should have the numbers 1,2,3,4 on the rods across the rod/cap joint, you need to read the letters from the crank (A, B, C, D) then look up the correct shell on the matrix

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y2...lTNydad0hTENNx

[BumbleBeat]

Finally getting back to the Beat. Crank has BBC (almost impossible to see, that's another story), rods are 3,3,2, so green, green, green (thanks for the chart!). The last piece of the puzzle, the bearing part number. http://jp-carparts.com/honda/partlis...ig=E&fig1=1600 lists "DAIDO" AND "TAIHO". Are those different manufacturers?

13214-P36-003 BEARING D, CONNECTING ROD (GREEN)(DAIDO) 6 JPY 1,128 USD 10.74
13214-P36-004 BEARING D, CONNECTING ROD (GREEN)(TAIHO) 6 JPY 1,348 USD 12.84

[Steve_M]

Yes, 2 different suppliers originally, I expect one has superseded to the other by now, so only one type would be available.

http://www.taihonet.co.jp/e/engine_b.html

https://www.daido.co.jp/en/products/index.html

[BumbleBeat]

How is it you know EVERYTHING about Beats?

[steveinjapan]

Just wanted to chime in here on the rattle. I've had an engine-speed rattle above about 80 kph since I've owned the car, never getting any better or any worse. The odd thing is that I hear it only when driving on the expressway with the top (hood) down. With the top (hood) in place I do not hear it. The seems counter-intuitive, and it has brought me no closer to identifying the source of the noise. It sounds more mechanical than an exhaust leak, but that's only a guess.

Steve in Okinawa