my "little tinker's clutch tool set"

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deanbw

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Still working on the bike, getting to the point it may start going back together in the next few days. I am close to putting engine back in but first had a few things to do, one of which was the clutch.
I had a clutch socket but it was too small so I machined one from an old 1/2inch drive socket I had (I like to keep old sockets and wrenches around for making "special" tools). Got the clutch off then found I needed a metal doughnut to get snap ring off basket. I made one from a scrap piece of brass I had in the shop at home. Next was finding I either take my basket off or I get another one to use to assemble clutch. So I found one online a guy had that included the whole assy. he said the plates were frozen to basket, he could not get them apart ( he didn't know about the snap ring), so he wanted 25 bucks for basket, lifter plate, pressure plate, bearing....everything, good deal I thought, spare parts.
Once I had used all my cobbled goodies I put clutch back on engine and thought, how do I hold basket so I can tighten nut to 42lbs.?
I didn't want to do the stick a screwdriver in it thing, I didn't want to use the timing pulley nut or stator nut so I made a wrench to hold the basket from a piece of flat bar and 4 pieces of 1/4inch dia. rod, I held them in place on the spare basket and welded them to the flatbar. Then I ground the outside of the rod until it fit between the basket and the rear cover, it was not pretty but it works perfect.
So now i have a little tool set just for clutch work, I will throw it on the shelf for the next wing I buy.
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I love watching a fellow machinist get er done. It is really nice having some machine tools to work on these old bikes. Im currently making a video on how to repair the plastic buttons on the top of the carbs on a Gl 1000. Im machining them for my dads '78. Video should be done and up by the weekend I think.

Great job!
 
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I love watching a fellow machinist get er done. It is really nice having some machine tools to work on these old bikes. Im currently making a video on how to repair the plastic buttons on the top of the carbs on a Gl 1000. Im machining them for my dads '78. Video should be done and up by the weekend I think.

Great job!
thanks to all, yes I would rather make what I need than spend good money on some stamped piece of crap tool that almost works.
I had a machine shop for about 10 years making water jet food processing equipment, we took walk ins as well because I know how hard it is to find a shop that will even look at little jobs anymore. I was in the machine/fab trade for 40 years total, starting while still too young to legally be working in one.
When I decided to sell the shop and change trades ( I now am ops manager for 3 live theatres in seattle, one with a moving floor that keeps me busy), I kept enough machine and shop tools for myself and put them back in the shop at home where it started in the first place. I put my house up for sale once and after two weeks took it off the market because I didn't want to look for another place with enough buildings for all my junk. I could not handle not having a place to build what I want....been too spoiled over the years.
 
Nice clutch tool kit.
Nothing better than having the right tools and somewhere to use them :good:
 
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