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Trigger:
Welcome to the mad world of the SOHC, loads of great advise to be had. I use Metrinch sockets as they will take off any rounded nut or bolt. Britool are a good tool but, the old stuff is a lot more stronger and better made.

Bryanj:
Just finished a 40+hour week in 3 1/2 days so been a bit tired, for want of a better word.

I concurr with most of the above, not sure but i think britool was bought out by facom.

Personaly i would buy a relatively cheap set of sockets and replace the ones that show signs of wear with quality ones, i still have some from a £3 set ( of 12 sockets) that are unused so it would have been crazy to buy quality for those.

Long, 6 sided sockets are a godsend for things like head nuts and always get 3/8 drive, or maybe even 1/4 drive as they have thinner walls for things like the sump bolts. Also 3/8 drive torque wrench as the 1/2 inch ones tend to not go down low enough

There are two engine special tools needed
(1) castellated clutch nut remover replacer availabale on ebay
(2) rotor puller--for the number of times you would need this probably cheaper to take the crank to a Honda dealer and let them use the special tool---you can get it from dave Silver but its about £35 from memory(and fits all Honda fours )

Chassis wise there are the wheel bearing retainer tools that show on Ebay, but again for one off somebody on here might have one or your local dealer

beemsquar:
Cheers guys.  I bought a 45 piece 6 sided wall drive Sealey ratchet set in the end for £60 in the end as heard the same as you Bryanj, that the quality wasn't quite the same. plus this will do me fine for the amount of time I will be using it and give me some more pennies to spend on bike parts!

Bodd, is that a stud extractor set in the picture on the right?

Also, just looked at your 400 cafe build, fantastic job, looks awesome! This has helped me in working out a sensible order for taking my 400 apart! How long did this take you to do and what sort of price did it cost in parts, if you don't mind me asking? I also like you, intend to do as much of this project myself as I possibly can. I have never liked paying someone to do something for me, plus I like the challenge and want to learn.

My bikes side stand is also too short and its missing the paddock stand, wonder if mine has been fitted with the wrong one now!

Where did you get the mag base and clock you used for balancing your wheels?

Cheers

Andy

Bodd:
The box with the blue lining contains rounded nut and bolt removers, they go over the rounded nut or bolt head and when you get a spanner or socket on them the twisted inside bites into the nut or bolt head, the other box is for those occasions when the bolt head comes off when there isn't enough sticking out to get a stud extractor on.

The cafe bike took just over 2 years to do but in that time I had to take a couple of sabbaticals where I didn't touch it for a couple of months at a time, total cost including buying the bike was just over £1500, the only stuff I paid someone else to do was to paint the tank & seat and a few bits of chroming, I've also got quite a few parts to sell on so the cost will come down a bit more.

beemsquar:
Cheers Bodd,
you've done a fantastic job. very meticulous and done spending such little money! I've taken some good points from your blog on parts to order without getting ripped off!
 what was the mag base and clock you used to balance your wheels? re-spoking and balancing is something I would like to do myself too.

Cheers
Andy

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