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Somebody else mentioned JIS screw driver in this thread. I'm a 67 year old backyard mechanic and never heard of this until 2 years ago. As soon as I heard about it, a light bulb went off in my head. I always noticed how difficult it was to screw and unscrew Phillips head screws on Japanese motorcycles, never realizing that they weren't Phillips head. No pictures but I immediately bought a set (2 sizes) off Amazon. They work great. who knew.
Quote from: chesterburnet111 on February 16, 2024, 07:27:13 PMSomebody else mentioned JIS screw driver in this thread. I'm a 67 year old backyard mechanic and never heard of this until 2 years ago. As soon as I heard about it, a light bulb went off in my head. I always noticed how difficult it was to screw and unscrew Phillips head screws on Japanese motorcycles, never realizing that they weren't Phillips head. No pictures but I immediately bought a set (2 sizes) off Amazon. They work great. who knew. They are great. At work we have a lot of pozi-drive screws in equipment. It's a hassle.
Sounds fun, always carry 3 times what you should have to. It's like working on both of my trucks, part standard and part metric.
Does anyone have a link to a good set of feeler gauges for valve clearance adjusting on the CB750K? I like the MotionPro units, but they certainly aren't cheap. I'm thinking about buying individual feeler stock and just bending them. Thoughts?
Working on carbs today, using my smaller ultra sonic tank (I do them one at a time so everything goes back in its original spot). My wife got me a few of these stainless “tea caddies” for the tank. Normally used for loose tea, in a large pot. They’re perfect for collecting all the jets, tubes, float valves, etc., and suspending them in the tank. Cheap Dollar Store items.
and you can make a gallon of ultrasonic tea if you want!
Quote from: BenelliSEI on February 08, 2023, 01:08:21 PMToday I used this MAC tool kit my son gave me. One of my wife’s broken appliances (melted wire where, it joined a spade connector) was held together with Philips screws than have only THREE slots..... WTF is that all about? Looked through the box and there’s was a full set X four sizes of these weird bits! Very handy set.I have a set of torx bits with a hole in the middle. I had to buy them for some work on Volvo. Torx heads should not exist, imho, this was just another level of beef I have with them.
Today I used this MAC tool kit my son gave me. One of my wife’s broken appliances (melted wire where, it joined a spade connector) was held together with Philips screws than have only THREE slots..... WTF is that all about? Looked through the box and there’s was a full set X four sizes of these weird bits! Very handy set.
Took a piece of 1/4-20 threaded rod and double nutted a rubber covered tube clamp to the top. Covered the end with a rubber cap. The other end goes through the mirror hole in the left bar switch. Two washers and two 14-20 nuts and it’s tight. In addition to the remote fuel tank, I can also hang up my Motion Pro synchronizing board. No more dropping them from the left side grip!
I stopped by to visit with a friend yesterday who I've helped out doing trike conversions on Goldwings and Vaukyries in San Diego. He says come check out these new Allen drivers from Mac Tools. They have teeth to grab stripped socket heads where a standard Allen wrench/socket would just spin around. They are available in Metric and SAE standard sizes. A very cool tool, only available through Mac Tools. They are the Bee's knees!
Quote from: newday777 on March 06, 2024, 06:37:02 PMI stopped by to visit with a friend yesterday who I've helped out doing trike conversions on Goldwings and Vaukyries in San Diego. He says come check out these new Allen drivers from Mac Tools. They have teeth to grab stripped socket heads where a standard Allen wrench/socket would just spin around. They are available in Metric and SAE standard sizes. A very cool tool, only available through Mac Tools. They are the Bee's knees!The picture is too dark
My ancient Motion Pro Sync. tool. Cleaned out and reloaded today. I like the way you calibrate it each time. Hook it up to one cylinder (all four columns) and ensure they are all identical, on the day. Very reliable. The only thing you have to watch is NOT to create enough vacuum to suck the fluid out the top.
