Tools You Have Made to Maintain your Norton

To R&R the kickstart spring I use a piece of thin nylon string ( I call it surveyor's string, available everywhere ) , make a loop, slip it over the main hook and it's off in a second or two. Same with installation.
 
Ladies & Gentlemen, I present to you the Bonzo Jnr SSASP (Stubborn Swing Arm Spindle Persuader).

Tools You Have Made to Maintain your Norton

Of course, you need to remove the primary, but when the extractor bolt just won't budge the pin...

Tools You Have Made to Maintain your Norton

Heat up the assembly, insert the SSASP...

Tools You Have Made to Maintain your Norton

...and give it a couple of whacks with a FBH and the old spindle is out 💥

Tools You Have Made to Maintain your Norton

Big love to our youngest who knocked this out in his lunch hour about 12 hours after I'd asked him if he could make something up for me 😘
 
Quick and dirty extractor for the mag sprocket on ES2 . This sprocket is on a tapered shaft with no key - when setting the timing the piston is brought into the correct position on the compression stroke. The magneto is turned over until the points just start to open and then the sprocket is set on the shaft with a sharp rap . Getting it off is another matter as there is little room between the chain and its surrounding case and you cannot pry against anything. The extractor allows you to pry against the shaft itself. Some years ago I tried to drill and tap the sprocket for two holes and use a regular style bar puller but the sprocket is hardened and no bit will touch it. When trying to remove the sprocket it is important to back off the nut but leave it on the shaft because when the sprocket suddenly comes free it does so with a bang !
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