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Originally posted by tkent02
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I do, but I still use a broom handle.
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This is assuming everyone owns an air impact.
I do, but I still use a broom handle.sigpic
82 GS850
78 GS1000
04 HD Fatboy
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+ one on the broom handle. Though sometimes I use a rake handle
79 GS1000S
79 GS1000S (another one)
80 GSX750
80 GS550
80 CB650 cafe racer
75 PC50 - the one with OHV and pedals...
75 TS100 - being ridden (suicidally) by my fatherComment
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Actually the one I like to use is plastic. Tap it in with a hammer. Works like a charm.sigpic
82 GS850
78 GS1000
04 HD Fatboy
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It works with or without an air impact. It's just easier.Originally posted by Octain View PostComment
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Agreed. Like I said earlier, I just used a standard 3/8ths drill with the socket adapter and a hex socket.Originally posted by tkent02 View PostCowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"Comment
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Okay I'm obviously late on this thread.
I used a bolt with a 19mm hex head and two matching nuts. I threaded the nuts onto the bolt and jammed them nice and tight. Then I attached a 19mm socket on to the end of a Craftsman 20" 3/8" square drive extension.
It worked like a charm.
The extension cost me $12 and change; the bolt and nuts I bought at Lowe's for about a dollar (I think).Comment
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Remember the '60's simplicity, when the forks were just internally threaded tubes (at the top), one of my best early wrenching days was when I realized the front axle had the same threads as the tube top, pulled the tube right up against the external spring pressure, easy-peasy. A very special fork tool, lol. Some Yamaha tiddler I was working on for a relative.sigpicSome of the totally committed probably should be.
'58 + '63 Vespa 150's' (London, GB/RI, US)
'67 X6 T20 ('67 Long Beach, Ca.- misty-eyed)
'71 Kaw. A1-ugh ('71 SF, CA- worked @ Kaw dlr)
'66 Yam. YL1('72 SF-commuter beater)
'73 Kaw. S2A-2Xugh ('73 SF-still parts slave)
'78 GS 750C ('77 SF-old faithful-killed by son)
'81 KZ 750E ('81 SF-back to Kaw. dlr)
'81 GS 650G ('08 back to NE&ME- (project)
'82 GS '82 (2) GS650GZ, L, Middlebury, G currentComment
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way late to the party....
but here is my way of making the tool, no welding required, just some threaded pipe
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