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When working on my bike, I sit on one of those "Bucket seats", the type that fits on an empty 5 gallon bucket. I made up a roller for it by purchasing a round wooden base and added 4 swivel wheels.

It works pretty well, except when the wheels hit a expansion joint in the garage floor, and then it might tip over.

Nice work on engine stand. I see you used some sort of design software. I normally use Auto Cad Lite when designing a project. Mainly wood working projects. Enjoying your progress. Looking forward to more pictures.

Joe

Noticed you have young children. My biggest problem is trying to keep my three year old out of the garage and from climbing on the bike. He also takes tools and parts off of the shelf next to it and hangs them on the bike like a Christmas tree . I'm scared what's going to happen once I put the painted body parts on

KZJOE900 wrote: Noticed you have young children. My biggest problem is trying to keep my three year old out of the garage and from climbing on the bike. He also takes tools and parts off of the shelf next to it and hangs them on the bike like a Christmas tree . I'm scared what's going to happen once I put the painted body parts on

Diaper boxes give it away?

I've got 4 boys - 9 yrs, 6 yrs and 3 year old twins.

So far they've left my stuff alone when I'm not around. But they grab whatever they can get their hands on when I'm working on it.

I tell them "just one each" and the next thing I know they have their pockets stuffed and are banging tools against everything like all tools should used like a hammer.

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Next up after building the engine stand was getting some better tools for the job. I went to Harbor Freight to buy some cheap China stuff with the names like "Pittsburgh" and "Chicago" branded on them. WTF? Are they really trying to fool people? I'm a bit disappointed at myself for buying China (and for our screwed up corporate cronyist economy in general), but I can't afford a $250 impact wrench. I got all the stuff below for under $90. I'm a hypocrite, I know. At least I'm aware of it so that's got to be worth something.

Feelers I know I'll need eventually.



Chain clamp for keeping moving parts from moving.



Bolt puller set. Not sure exactly how this will work, but I'm hoping it will pull out that stuck piston pin.



Electric impact wrench for stuck nuts & bolts.



Some impact sockets.



An impact screwdriver. I used this last night to get 3 screws off the right engine cover. Worked great.





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You're making some nice progress on your project. I'm rooting for you and following your build now too!

~Clutch

clutch wrote: You're making some nice progress on your project. I'm rooting for you and following your build now too!

~Clutch

Thanks!

OK, ready to get back to work with my new tools in hand.

I used the chain wrench to hold the flywheel and was able to get the nut off. I did scratch the fly wheel a tiny bit with the chain wrench. Next time I'll put a rag or something under it.



The Harbor Freight bolt puller set worked perfect to get the fly wheel off. The two pieces I used are in the picture below. Snap the pointed tip on the bolt puller thing, screw the bolt into the fly wheel and off it came. Finally some things are working in my favor!



Here's the bolt puller in action. Fly wheel popped right off with no effort. I read a lot of people have problems with these too.



And the fly wheel off. The sprocket is for the starter motor chain. I plan on deleting the starter and go kick start only. Can I delete the starter clutch and this sprocket too? I'll cross that bridge later.



Stater motor off.



Now finally back to the engine sprocket. I tried to dremel the stuck nut awhile ago but stopped that foolishness. I got the old chain back out and wrapped it all over the sprocket to jam it up. I used the impact wrench at first, but it didn't work. Maybe I wasn't patient enough. I never used one before, and it was just spinning and making a loud "clack, clack, clack" noise. Next came out the cheater pipe. I bounced my full weight on it and the nut at last came loose.



Sh*t. The way I had the chain jammed in there put too much pressure on the aluminum case and a small piece broke off. Fortunately it shouldn't effect anything.



On the other side, I got the clutch plate off.



What's not shown is my first lame attempt to get the clutch hub off. This spins freely and it needs to be held in place. So I took just 3 of the bolts used to hold the clutch plate on and screwed them into the hub. Then I wrapped the chain wrench around the 3 bolts and went to work on the nut. Big mistake. The 3 little bolts didn't handle the torque very well and one snapped out chipping off a small piece of aluminum from the hub in the process. I may need to buy another one.

I left it at that for a few days and went back to it after my head was clear. I was going to fashion a clutch holder tool with some steel, but then I thought I could just jam the flat steel strips in there. I know, sounds like a reckless move on my part again. I made sure everything was snug and secure, and it was. I then used the impact wrench on it. Nothing at first- just that loud "clanking" sound. Kept at it a few seconds more and the nut came off with no damage to anything else. Success!




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do you have a FSM?

maybe you should 86 the chain wrench while you still have a motor, a factory service manual and learning how to do things right with the right tools for the job is worth more than a dumpster full of chinese tools, just sayin...

purple_haze wrote: maybe you should 86 the chain wrench while you still have a motor, a factory service manual and learning how to do things right with the right tools for the job is worth more than a dumpster full of chinese tools, just sayin...

For future reference. Counter-shaft sprocket holder.



Good Fortune!

purple_haze wrote: maybe you should 86 the chain wrench while you still have a motor

It has its uses. I'm not getting rid of it just yet.

a factory service manual

I got me one of those. How do you think I made it this far?

learning how to do things right with the right tools for the job is worth more than a dumpster full of chinese tools

I am learning how do things "right". I can read all the shop manuals ever printed and still not know everything. Experience is priceless.

Please don't tell me you were born from the womb with a wrench in your hand.