DIY specialty tools

Anyone have any info, or can point me to anywhere online with info on making DIY tools for stuff like clutch compressor, sprocket pullers, etc. Trying to be thrifty about buying all this stuff! I could have sworn i saw some stuff online with drawing with specs for some of these tools that would certainly aide in building them. Also put a post up in the wanted section for 2nd hand tools if anyone is looking to sell them.

BTW, i try searching for this info on here, i was having problems with the search function as well as spent over an hour digging through posts with no real luck.

The clutch tool can be made out of a piece of pvc pipe end cap. Just figure the size, 3-4" and the appropriate bolt/nuts. The idler puller would be hard to make, but I'm sure there will be people here on the forum that will loan it out, I would for a deposit. The drive sprocket puller can easily be made or a general puller may work, I think people have used the holes in the peg supports or was that for the rocker spindles? The rocker spindles can be pulled with an old con rod bolt, if you don't have that, you'll have to find a 5/16 WW and a few washers, I think that's the right size. Most everything else can be sourced from a stocked workshop. Of course the 3/8 drive 1/4WW socket and a few WW spanners, then the standard metric sockets and american standard sockets and spanners.

The only bears I remember were the gearbox nuts that needed a thin 1/4ww and the nuts under the head that are impossible to reach with anything standard.

There have been a few threads on needed tools. You need to find the right words.

Try these to start
www.accessnorton.com/engine-rebuild-diy ... t6567.html
www.accessnorton.com/post91296.html

Dave
69S

DogT said:

The clutch tool can be made out of a piece of pvc pipe end cap. Just figure the size, 3-4" and the appropriate bolt/nuts. The idler puller would be hard to make, but I'm sure there will be people here on the forum that will loan it out, I would for a deposit. The drive sprocket puller can easily be made or a general puller may work, I think people have used the holes in the peg supports or was that for the rocker spindles? The rocker spindles can be pulled with an old con rod bolt, if you don't have that, you'll have to find a 5/16 WW and a few washers, I think that's the right size. Most everything else can be sourced from a stocked workshop. Of course the 3/8 drive 1/4WW socket and a few WW spanners, then the standard metric sockets and american standard sockets and spanners.

The only bears I remember were the gearbox nuts that needed a thin 1/4ww and the nuts under the head that are impossible to reach with anything standard.

There have been a few threads on needed tools. You need to find the right words.

Try these to start
engine-rebuild-diy-tools-t6567.html
post91296.html

Dave
69S

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For the gearbox nuts, I got a good brand socket (Craftsman) and ground around the edge until it was thin enough to fit. It took quite a bit of grinding. I used a 14mm. It fit nicely.

One of the headbolts, I think it was the one in the back center, needed a manifold wrench. It has another name that escapes me right now.



The key to the wrench above is that the walls have to be thin around the head of the wrench. Again Craftsman fit the bill. I bought a cheap set at Harbor Freight and the head walls were too thick.

The 14mm doesn't fit that good in my book. I opted to get a 1/4 ww 3/8 drive socket from Hemmings and did the same, ground it thin for the GB. For the head nut, I probably did use a 14mm, but if you can find a 6 point you'll be better off. It does help that the clearance is so thin it presses the teeth closer to the nut. In general though I find the 14mm tends to round the nuts and I don't use it unless I have to.

Dave
69S

By my most used wrench is this crooked one in Whitworth that most vendors carry. I did grind walls a bit thinner to ease access.

My DIY kit includes:
2 small squares and a rectangle to lock up clutch basket, clutch center and whole primary by wedging against teeth robust parts.
wooden drift for piston pins.
brass bowl for clutch spring compressor.
Blunt end finish nail to drift float seats.

I posted some info on making a clutch spring tool awhile back, used a 3"ABS pipe cap...

clutch-spring-tool-parts-t9113.html

thanks for all the info guys, as if that wasn't great enough, how about a member here who lives 10 minutes away from me, owns the tools, and is willing to help! I've never met such a nice and helpful group before!

Well, where are you?

Dave
69S

Dave,
I'm in PA outside of philadelphia, and i actually did find a member 10 minutes from me who has the tools and is willing to help! :lol: