Topic: Cool Tools.

[Kelly E]

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.

Yep, we got our JIS screwdrivers a few years ago. The difference is amazing. I ran into a similar thing back when I got my MGB. They use Pozidrive screws which work as well or better than JIS screws.

[Gurp]

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.

They are great.
At work we have a lot of pozi-drive screws in equipment. It's a hassle.

[Kelly E]

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.

They are great.
At work we have a lot of pozi-drive screws in equipment. It's a hassle.

Do they supply you with regular phillips head screwdrivers or something?

[Gurp]

They have some pozi-drive bits but with the variety of machinery we have you never know when a repair will contain iso(absorbed JIS) pozi or reg Phillips cross head in the contactors.

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[Kelly E]

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.

[gearsoup]

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?

[Gurp]

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.

Late 90s GM products?
They were bad for it haha.
My Sportster was bad for it when I got it. Wrong bolts forced into holes. So many hole re-tapped and enlarged to the next size.....

[Tracksnblades1]

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?

I have and like the Starret and mitutoyo tapered feeler gauges best…

I have a cheap set of Craftsman’s tapered and 45 degree bend feeler qauges that catch everything else. Especially when you need to bend or straighten a bit to get that perfect access…

https://www.amazon.com/Starrett-66T-Thickness-Tapered-0-0015-0-025/dp/B0006J4DJO

Starret has single gauge stock as well…

[grcamna2]

I just got a 2nd set.
.002-.015" thin 1/4" wide by 4" long very flexible.
They fit Japanese motorcycle valves better than the wide automotive type feeler gauges. About $20 shipped.

[BenelliSEI]

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.

[Gurp]

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.

That's pretty slick!

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[dave500]

and you can make a gallon of ultrasonic tea if you want!

[BenelliSEI]

and you can make a gallon of ultrasonic tea if you want!

Not sure my tank will get the water hot enough?!

[70CB750]

Found this with my dad's  threading tools.  He used it to measure the pitch. 

[Bankerdanny]

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.

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.   

There is a 3rd style of Torx bit, Torx Plus. GM used them to attach bellhousings to transmissions. The stars have flat points. It's like the JIS screws, a regular torx might work, or it might strip out the bit. I had to search around to find a set to pull the bellhousing off my 4L60E in my Envoy. I finally found a set at Northern Tool that included the right size bit that was not outrageously expensive.

[BenelliSEI]

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!

[newday777]

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 was wondering how you had attached the "stand" in the bike build thread. Very cool.

[newday777]

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!

[newday777]

The Mac Allen Sockets come in different drive sizes and bit lengths. Not for the faint of heart.....
This is the 1/4" drive set but if you look through the catalog you can buy just the individual sizes you want.

https://www.mactools.com/products/smh17rbrt

[grcamna2]

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!

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[newday777]

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!

The picture is too dark

I agree but it is what it is. I'm not techie enough to fix it.
If you enlarge the picture it helps.

[jgger]

There ya go Stu. I love the Mac Tools I have, but yeah, they ain't cheap.

[BenelliSEI]

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.

[seanbarney41]

Yeah, I have the same one. Has served me well.

[70CB750]

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.

What did you fill it up with?