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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: MikeM on April 14, 2014, 02:46:19 PM
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not sure where these came from think my dad made them ?
8mm socket welded onto bar..... what was he doing ?
also the curved tool ?
(http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae228/INEEDMOREPICS/PICT0373_zps94ef1dd5.jpg) (http://s974.photobucket.com/user/INEEDMOREPICS/media/PICT0373_zps94ef1dd5.jpg.html)
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The curved one is to adjust the rear shocks.
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If the bar is hollow,stick the screwdriver through it and u can adjust your carbs
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ahh the screwdriver does fit through... sticks out about 10mm
thought it might have been a home made tappet adjuster ?
8mm socket with long screwdriver going through
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That's a carb adjuster that is pretty common, even down to the screwdriver colours.
The curved one may also be for adjusting the headstock.
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Nice stuff but in the old days Honda tools were all t Bar stuff still have some off the originals Bryan will know well.Tried to keep it going but its hard work now.I have clutch tool for 50,70,90,125 and god knows what else cant remember.Clutch tool for 350f 400f 500f 650f and 750f.Have a look at photos all T bar stuff love them
Cheers
Bitsa
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so I have scratched the surface on these bikes really :)
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I have the carb tool, float gauge and the bent scredriver for vertical pilot screws but not easily gettable at at the moment, also the Honda "T" bar pozi(that isn't) screwdrivers
07908-4220100 i think or could be 07908-460-0200 which is the superceeded one from the 500.
Both are still available according to Dave Silver but over £30
I just bought a Honda Common Tools manual off ebay if you wait till that arrives i will see what it tells us and if possible scan it to CD
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Anyone got one of these ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-DIAGNOSTIC-SERVICE-TESTER-CLASSIC-/291046736324?nma=true&si=vcO8cD7qxsl3XXxkN4DqQEa7ClM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Wasn't there also something called a Souriai (or similar spelling) tester too?
Cheers .... AshD
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That wouldn't look out of place in an early 70's recording studio!
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Wish I had known that was there, not a lot to wrong with them, specialy when the nephew has a firm that makes electronic dohickies!!
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Ash,
Nice find I too used one of them in the 70s and did you notice came with a strobe light?
Cheers
Bitsa
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Ash,
Nice find I too used one of them in the 70s and did you notice came with a strobe light?
Cheers
Bitsa
Would have been an even nicer find, if I had found it before the auction ended :( . I have my own electronics company so no probs fixing it I reckon.
Cheers ... AshD
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Oddjob,
You are a wealth of memories for me.Was it the same for you the snap on man appeared once a week and you could buy on the weekly from him?Christ seems like eons ago.I had to do it that way as a mechanics wage was shit.Good tools life long guarantee even if you had belted the crap out of a screwdriver.
Cheers
Bitsa
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That is a lot of tools Oddjob. I have a three stack system with 15 draws and still have trouble closing it. Never bought from snip-on. Always used Britool. Mechanics only bought snip-on because they could pay weekly. A bit like the Avon lady ;D
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How post have we crashed this time?.
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TRIG,
MIGHT BE OLD BUT WHAT POST HAVE WE CRASHED AND WHO GIVES A FRAC.THOSE TOOLS WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE FRACKIN GOOD AND EXPENSIVE AND WHAT EVER GOOD STUFF ARE WORTH TALKIN ABOUT MAKES SENSE.
SORRY DO NOT MEAN TO AFFEND BUT SNAP ON NOT SNIP OR ANY OTHER VARIATION WERE THE THE DOGS LIKE SAID B4 EXPENSIVE BUT THE BOLLOCXS.
CHEERS
BITSA
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Never liked the avon lady calling with her snip-on. I complained to the sales man once, about stopping my lads from working so he could do his sales pitch. Never saw him again. Could never understand why i would put money in the american's pocket when the english had good tools.
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I know what you mean oddjob, I have one draw that has those red plastic spanner holders. That is where i keep my Rolls Royce of Britool. But found myself looking at them the other day thinking, out of all those spanners (6 to 32mm) why do i have a 25mm that doesn't even have a finger print on it. :-\ Can't think why i bought it or what i would use it for. Can't think of coming across a 25mm nut.
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Nope but it would fit a 1 inch.
I used to buy cheap sets and replace the worn out ones with snap on or britool, have some facom who i believe bought out either britool or gedore, not sure which
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Got the common tool paperworrk but the carb adjuster is not on it DOH! when i have time i will still scan it and post qhat i can.
Oddjob I suspect the one you had was the 750 K0 onwards one I.E the one with the linked carbs not the 4 into 1 cable but i haven't got time to look up on the CD at moment
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Have a nice set of Gedore pliers. They do or did very good extra fine saw blades. Your spot on there Bryan with the 1 inch but, i would use Metrinch spanner or socket for that size. Maybe i bought it just because there was a gap in the rail.
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Buying cheap tools is fine for us ameture tinkerers, I also have a decent sized Sealey pro spanner set as most tools need to be duplicated for some job or another. I tried to only have metric stuff, but living on a smallholding every bit of agricultural equipment has inpirial fastners so there are boxes and boxes of wierd odd sized socketts, AF, whitworth metric etc. I think If I dug out all the auction buy boxes of spanners and put them with the sets and other tooling then I'd fill 2 rollchest combo's. My favorite tools for cost vs quality are definately Powerfix from Lidl, even hammerd the ring spanners (metric) onto inperial bolts on the landrover as they were too rusted to use the proper spanners and they took all.
Funny that thing about tools not comming back after being lent out, My carb balancing gaugees are U/S fo a 4 cylinder bike because a 'mate' borrowed them and they came back with only 3 of the 4 brass manifold joiners - the carb gauges were rubbish in any case bu none the less it is annoying. I no longer let tools out of sight.