Topic: Cool Tools.

[dave500]

man who dont hate the smell of diff oil or heavy gear oil?I hate the smell,takes a week to wash it of your skin?anyway for years Ive used one of those suck up tubes you fill then pump into a gearbox or diff,a few times over with mess,,well Im over it and decided to improvise,Ive seen these pump jiggers online same or similar more or less,i just took a cheapo garden spray pack thing,enlarged the outlet to take 10mm plastic hose (had 4mm)and all good,so easy,once oil comes out the fill hole,bend and squish the hose over,pull the air release valve to dump the pressure and done,still gonna be a drip or two but much easier,still gonna stink but less drips.

yep sure will Bill,the pump pressurises the container with air.

Dave, will it push 90wt. Hypoid Gear oil ?

[Medyo Bastos]

Agreed! Intelligence is attractive!


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[Dr. Frankenstein]

Not sure if I posted this before, but I love this thing - Lisle Valve Keeper Remover/Installer #36050; I used to use a C-clamp type to slowly press down the valve springs, take out the keepers, do what I needed to do and repeat, seemingly endlessly. With this, you just put the silver part of the tool on the top of the valve, smack it smartly with a BFH (I use a 5 lb sledge), and the keepers get caught by a magnet in the silver handle; installation is the same with the little pointy-end tool there - put the keepers in their little 'well' on top of the spring plate, stick the pointy end against the end of the valve stem, strike it again and they go in like butter . Takes me all of five minutes to take out all the keepers, and maybe a little longer putting them back in; there's a bit of a learning curve, but it's a huge time saver. Two different sizes, too, for working on bigger valves; I love it.

[dave500]

I like special tools for oddball things,I doubt you can buy these I made it,for the older crew who have dealt with or still do the older rear drum brakes or 4 wheel drums like PBR or BENDIX that had self adjusters,when you manually adjust them you might go too far?,then have to try and fandangle a skinny screwdriver or similar to push that spring loaded self adjusting lever off the star wheel through the backing plate slot so you can wind it backwards without removing the wheel and drum?man what a #$%* fight?I have a jewelers skinny screwdriver i cut a notch out on its shaft at the right spot,push it in to disengage that lever then hook the cut out into the backing plate slot so it stays put no hands,leaves both hands free,you can wind the star wheel backwards easy.

[newday777]

Dave
That is a great idea. That would have been used heavily by me into the 90s. I know the frustration of trying to adjust 😒 those brakes.
Then I went over to disc brakes all around 🙃.
But the knowledge I gained by having to adjust drum brakes has come in handy a few times still. Electric drum brakes on trailers still need to be adjusted properly to work in the optimum region.
I have a couple sets of those jewelers screwdrivers so one may get a slice.

[BenelliSEI]

My buddy Tim was working on newer car the other day and I was surprised the little brake shoes inside the rear disc “hat” (parking brake), are not self adjusting. The way he was cursing he also might need that “special tool”!

[spotty]

Got this pillar drill off Terry a couple of weeks ago, wired in a new(ish) switch and found a new front belt for it today, bolted it to the bench, happy as a pig in sh1t.
Until I put the X Y axis drill vice on the plate and there is maybe 1 or 2 mm of clearance between the vice and the chuck and the work plate is as low as it can go.
So now I need a smaller (lower) x y vice.

[PeWe]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

[BenelliSEI]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

Thanks PeWe….. Definitely a cool tool!

[BenelliSEI]

My son and I rode together for two days, weekend past. These older style LEXIN helmet communicators worked really well and when we got home the battery was still at 80%! We chatted pretty much non-stop and they recharge quickly with the same cable as my IPad. These are the older version, still available on Amazon, and relatively inexpensive. My buddy Gary bought a single unit and it paired up with us easily. Cool Device.

[spotty]

These turned up today,  I believe they're called thumb ratchets. Once you've loosened a nut/bolt , especially in a tight space, instead of wiggling a ratchet handle back and forwards you just put the socket on one of these (there are the three common sized plugs) and twist to undo.
They're maybe not the toppest quality but they'll never have any serious tension put on them so I reckon it's a win. A set of three is about $15 Australian so maybe a tenner for folk in the colonies 😁

[newday777]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

👍
Definitely a great tool! Mine arrived yesterday and I tested my goldwing battery that I knew was on it's way out. Put in the new battery which I had been carrying in the saddlebag and hadn't put a full charge on it since after I received it, it's showing it's at 83% charged)so it is on the smart charger/maintainer overnight after I installed it. I'll test it again tonight.
I have the 9 year old yuasa on a second charger in the shop to see if it might come back again enough for a testing shop battery.

[grcamna2]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

👍
Definitely a great tool! Mine arrived yesterday and I tested my goldwing battery that I knew was on it's way out. Put in the new battery which I had been carrying in the saddlebag and hadn't put a full charge on it since after I received it, it's showing it's at 83% charged)so it is on the smart charger/maintainer overnight after I installed it. I'll test it again tonight.
I have the 9 year old yuasa on a second charger in the shop to see if it might come back again enough for a testing shop battery.

Where'd you find a genuine Yuasa battery ??

[PeWe]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

Definitely a great tool! Mine arrived yesterday and I tested my goldwing battery that I knew was on it's way out. Put in the new battery which I had been carrying in the saddlebag and hadn't put a full charge on it since after I received it, it's showing it's at 83% charged)so it is on the smart charger/maintainer overnight after I installed it. I'll test it again tonight.
I have the 9 year old yuasa on a second charger in the shop to see if it might come back again enough for a testing shop battery.

Where'd you find a genuine Yuasa battery ??

Kevin has also a good Yuasa battery. Still good test values after 4 years.
Good to know which model. AGM or ?
https://www.yuasa.co.uk/batteries/motorcycle-power-sport.html

But, I have read about short lived Yuasa batteries. I think it was a BMW bike forum, originally delivered with bikes.
Maybe not correctly charged when they all were AGM.

EDIT:
When comparing batteries of same size. The weight can indicate the amount of lead.
Aheavier battery can be better.

[newday777]

BATTERY TESTER
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=205375.msg2320069.msg#2320069

👍
Definitely a great tool! Mine arrived yesterday and I tested my goldwing battery that I knew was on it's way out. Put in the new battery which I had been carrying in the saddlebag and hadn't put a full charge on it since after I received it, it's showing it's at 83% charged)so it is on the smart charger/maintainer overnight after I installed it. I'll test it again tonight.
I have the 9 year old yuasa on a second charger in the shop to see if it might come back again enough for a testing shop battery.

Where'd you find a genuine Yuasa battery ??

Amazon has them. Honda still sells Yuasa.

[dave500]

In Australia a bottle opener is classified as a tool,i found a new looks like a dirt bike conrod the other day,didnt want to waste it so made an indestructible bottle opener out of it,you cant buy these anywhere!

[seanbarney41]

Nice work Dave.  Good enough to earn yourself another cold one.

[BenelliSEI]

Very clever Dave! I used to pick these up and have them all around the place. Not so easy to find anymore!

[grcamna2]

In Australia a bottle opener is classified as a tool,i found a new looks like a dirt bike conrod the other day,didnt want to waste it so made an indestructible bottle opener out of it,you cant buy these anywhere!

Dave, from a dirt bike ?

[dave500]

yeah looks to be a dirt bike type Bill.

[grcamna2]

yeah looks to be a dirt bike type Bill.

Maybe a 125..

[Stev-o]

Very clever Dave! I used to pick these up and have them all around the place. Not so easy to find anymore!

OH, that's a tool?!   Well I have one on my workbench and also installed a "catch all" so the tops dont end up all over the floor...

[grcamna2]

Very clever Dave! I used to pick these up and have them all around the place. Not so easy to find anymore!

OH, that's a tool?!   Well I have one on my workbench and also installed a "catch all" so the tops dont end up all over the floor...

Very cool