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Post by sprints on Oct 24, 2008 17:27:37 GMT -5
I needed a too to hold the clutch hub to loosen and tighten the nut holding it on. The tools are probably obsolete or at best expensive so here's a trick fix I made.
I bought another clutch on ebay for $10 or $15 and took the pressure plate cover that holds the springs and chucked it up and bored a hole that my socket would fit through. Remove the original cover and install this one, wedge a penny between the shell and the crank gear to lock things up and twist away on the clutch nut - the spring pressure will hold things from turning. After you're all put back together put the original cover back on and you're in business! Rod
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Post by sjef on Oct 25, 2008 2:47:04 GMT -5
Hallo
an original clubhutchholding tool is sold here @ 18 euro, cannot make my own for that
regards sjef
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Post by caferacercarl on Oct 26, 2008 2:45:58 GMT -5
We have been through this one before in detail , if anyone wants to do a lot of there own work on there bike [ and thats one reason SR's appeal to people] then it is wise to buy a rattle gun as thats what we in the trade use for everything, and on the SR you will need one for the clutch hub nut primary gear nut, flywheel nut, cam sprocket nut, engine mount bolts, fork damper rod bolts, just to name a few. cheers.
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Post by bigshingle on Oct 26, 2008 21:14:32 GMT -5
Carl, remember you're a pro. You have a shop, you work on lots of bikes, and a compressor and a rattle gun — an impact wrench — make sense. That's how you make your living. I have a shop too, and a compressor and all the accessories, but if I thought I had to have any of that to do my own work on an SR, well I'd ride something else. That's part of what's so great about an SR. It's a seat-of-the-pants bike and you don't need to be a pro and you don't have to have a pro shop to take care of one. (The first engine I took apart was a '56 Austin Healey 104. We threw a rope over a tree limb and lifted it. I got it back together a few hours before a snow storm.) The first time I tore down my SR it was outside too, in a Japanese village, and a compressor would have been more than the local power supply could take. In much of Europe if you fire up a compressor and a rattle gun in your apartment, believe me, it would cause quite a stir and probably get the police involved sjef, because the SRs were sold for only 4 years in the U.S., it is difficult and expensive to get some of the special tools. Like Sprints, I came up with a clutch tool for less than a dollar. (Way back on page 6 of this section.) Let's say zero to .8 Euro. sr500forum.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=Engine&action=display&thread=951The nice thing is, you can use it anywhere and it's so quiet the concierge doesn't call the cops. Also, it makes it easy to get the torque right when you have to put the nut back on. Thoreau once said "Beware of any venture that requires new clothes." If he were still alive he'd probably own an SR and say "Beware of owning any bike that requires expensive maintenance equipment." |
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Post by caferacercarl on Oct 31, 2008 2:11:13 GMT -5
'spose thats one reason for the hex on the cam, you can do it by hand as well, we in Aussie take it for granted having a shed and making noise and having tools, most of my customers have AMAZING garages and Stew is one of them, Mill ,lathe, compressor, etc,etc, blows me away what the average suburban garage owned by a bike rider has here, love to see colin jay's shed, bet its much as described, we are lucky... I live on 12,500sqm and all my neighbours race/ride bikes and I have a test dirt track in one paddock. we have so much space here.cheers
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