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07 Apr 2022 12:00 #865093 by SomeFool
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Hello everyone. This is my first post. I’ve been slowly reassembling a 74 kz400 barn find. It was in pieces when I got it.  And missing some parts. One thing that was missing was the battery box.  I got one on eBay that was listed as having been off of a 1974 kz400.  It seems like it fits, but I’m stumped on how it mounts.  I feel like maybe I’m missing some pieces or something.  There’s really no bolt holes in the box.  

Google images has left me high and dry.  Can someone share a pic of how the dang thing mounts?  I would greatly appreciate it. 

thanks!

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07 Apr 2022 14:16 - 07 Apr 2022 14:16 #865097 by DOHC
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Have you looked at the parts diagram to see if you have all of the pieces shown?

www.partzilla.com/catalog/kawasaki/motor...e-fittings-74-75-kz4

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07 Apr 2022 14:40 #865105 by SomeFool
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Thanks for the reply.  I have been looking over that diagram and don’t see that I am missing and integral parts. But it’s possible (likely) that I’m wrong. I gotta be missing something

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07 Apr 2022 17:40 - 08 Apr 2022 07:39 #865108 by martin_csr
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Does your battery box look like the one in the diagrams?  And also the frame? 

The best I can tell, the battery box has 2 studs on the RH side that line up with two mounting holes on the frame; it seems like the mounts ought to have a couple of dampers or grommets. LH side of battery box has 1 stud w damper >> probably fits into frame bracket #27.  last bit edited. 

#27 = KZ400 battery case bracket 32122-031
Last edit: 08 Apr 2022 07:39 by martin_csr.
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08 Apr 2022 16:27 #865136 by SomeFool
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My goodness… I think you got me on the right track now.  I think I was so distracted looking at the battery box in the partzilla diagram that I failed to look at everything else thoroughly.  

yes the box I have looks like the one in the pic and mounts with the 2 studs on the RH side like you said.  I’m going to order that bracket and the grommet for it (#28) right from partzilla.  Nice and cheap.  

thanks for providing a second set of eyes. I knew it had to be pretty obvious but I just wasn’t seeing it.  

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09 Apr 2022 04:06 - 09 Apr 2022 05:52 #865151 by martin_csr
Replied by martin_csr on topic Pic request- 74 kz400 battery box
First go around, I missed that LH bracket as well & didn't see it on any frames listed on EB. 
After another look at the diagram, there are 2 dampers for that bracket, but I didn't see any listed on EB. #28 in the drawing.

If your battery box is missing the #43 dampers (Qty = 6), you could probably go with sheet rubber as padding for the battery.
The battery cases I saw on EB still had those dampers, so maybe yours does too.
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