Topic: Having the right tools

[Keith]

I have been receiving all the components to add the additional disc to my 750 K2, some of them in not-so-good condition. Everything is apart, and the threads are full of corrosion (galvanic action, steel and aluminum) So all threads have been chased, the bracket pivot taken apart, starting to paint everything before the new piston and seal are installed. As a former auto mechanic/technician, I am fortunate to have plenty of tools. This is a full-metric tap and dye set which sure comes in handy.

[bryanj]

Especially when the Japanese use the "non preffered" sizes

[ekpent]

Quality tap and die set is very handy to have when needed. A friend of mine was a pro diesel mechanic so I have access to his Snap-On goodies.

[Keith]

Pays to have the right tools. Snap On is good but very expensive! My dad used to call Snap On ratchets “knuckle busters”!because of their bad habit of the ratchet pawl reversing itself after a bolt was broken loose. I think time-serts are a must have item.

[scunny]

I was taught that you don't use a ratchet for heavy doing up or loosening, that's what power bars are for.
Look at the job, decide what will happen if the tool breaks free suddenly. choose another way, or put on gloves and hope.
tried all sorts, knuckles show the results 

[RAFster122s]

I have a little tag of part of the cartilage or connective tissue under the skin of my middle finger’s knuckle that I sheered a couple decades ago when I busted a knuckle. I can push it around under the skin as far as its leash will allow. It is a tiny bump creating a bulge in the skin creating a whiter circle on the skin outlining it.

[kerryb]

Especially when the Japanese use the "non preffered" sizes

My metric tap & die set came from Harbor Freight because I was too cheap to buy a good one...my SAE set came from sears.  I notice sometimes that the metric set seems to cut too much off leaving a looser fit than I would like.  Sometimes the nuts feel "sloppy".  Is this a result of poor quality tools, or is it more like phillips head screwdriver in a JIS screw head?

[bryanj]

Cheap tools with wrong tolerances

[Kevin D]

Snap-On tools are nice but they are lost just as easy as Harbor Freight tools. I have both but the good tools are for frequent use and the cheap ones for one time use.

[Pielz]

I have a little tag of part of the cartilage or connective tissue under the skin of my middle finger’s knuckle that I sheered a couple decades ago when I busted a knuckle. I can push it around under the skin as far as its leash will allow. It is a tiny bump creating a bulge in the skin creating a whiter circle on the skin outlining it.

Haha! Gross!

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[Bodi]

At least it isn't a CB77 with oddball pre-ISO threads. Try finding screws, let alone taps and dies, for those.

[Keith]

At least it isn't a CB77 with oddball pre-ISO threads. Try finding screws, let alone taps and dies, for those.

[Keith]

When chasing threads , don’t just crank in a continuous motion. Stop, back off, then continue,repeat. This breaks the chip that’s created and gives a more accurate thread.

[scottly]

Snap-On tools are nice but they are lost just as easy as Harbor Freight tools.

Ha ha! Very true.

[scottly]

At least it isn't a CB77 with oddball pre-ISO threads. Try finding screws, let alone taps and dies, for those.

If you think a CB77 has oddball threads, you obviously have never owned a 1953 BSA. Even the heads of some of the bolts were neither SAE or metric.

[scunny]

Whitworth ?
I have noticed that some of the Chinese manufacturers must have bought all British Leylands tooling.
They used to be advertised on the package as "metric machine screws"
But now they proudly display the Whitworth Standard. 

[scottly]

Wasn't there also another "standard" than Whitworth? Something totally bastard... I seem to recall a hyphenated name??

[bryanj]

Britisn-Standard-Cycle, all sizes have the same tpi