Tag Archives: Tools

Tech Tip, how to Undo Tight Bolt by Hand.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
17 Feb

Hey there, happy Friday to you all from an actually Rainy Southern California, something that is quite rare these days but we need to rain so I dont mind the H20 coming down in buckets right now.

So- As to make the most of this wet day I had a few things that I needed to do and one of them was to take an old Sprocket and chain Guard off a CB750K rear Hub.

 

Now- many people ask me for a few tips and I shall be answering a few of these questions over the next few days in blogs etc, but today I had to remove these parts of the Rear wheel Hub and the nuts on here were factory tightened.

Now, if you have no air tools and the Nuts on the hub or anything that you need to remove are tighter than a Scotsman Wallet, then, here is a little trick I do when I need to get something that tight undone and using minimum tools.

I use my regular socket and wrench and then I grab an old Fork tube and slip that over the wrench handle.

This Leverage now produces close to 2 Tons of pressure and is known as a Fulcrum.

This has worked for me for over 40 years now, my old man taught me and you may know an easier way if you don’t have power tools, but for me it is so easy to do and wanted to share today.
This works on ANYTHING, give it a go, you will surprise yourself.

Thanks for watching and have a great weekend.

See That Pile Of Old Junk? Well, What This Guy Turns It Into Blew Me Away… Seriously, WOW.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
27 Mar

John Piccoli is a 70 year-old man. He is also restricted to a wheelchair because he had polio as a young boy. But those two facts aren’t the most important things about this man. John is an artist. Not only is he an artist, but a very unique one at that. The Australian man doesn’t use paints or clays to create his pieces. Instead, he uses a small crane and a pile of scrap metal.

You won’t believe the outcome.

 

This is what he starts with.

This is what he starts with.

 

This is John Piccoli.

 

This is John Piccoli.

And THIS is what he makes.

And THIS is what he makes.

It’s hard to believe something this beautiful was fashioned out of old wrenches.

It's hard to believe something this beautiful was fashioned out of old wrenches.

 

Lots of them.

 

Lots of them.

 

30 years ago, John started making small garden sculptures from the wrenches he collected.

30 years ago, John started making small garden sculptures from the wrenches he collected.

He kept at it, honing his craft.

He kept at it, honing his craft.

 

Years later, he is still making sculptures for gardens…

Years later, he is still making sculptures for gardens...

But now, they are large-scale pieces.

But now, they are large-scale pieces.

And the places accepting his works are museums and galleries.

And the places accepting his works are museums and galleries.

The Leaping Fish
The Leaping Fish

A Fisherman and Net

A Fisherman and Net

The Warrior

The Warrior

Horse and Cart

 

Horse and Cart

A close-up of the large cart.

A close-up of the large cart.

Two Mustangs Battling

 

Two Mustangs Battling

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

 

A Family of Deer

A Family of Deer

The Love Seat.

The Love Seat.

 

John is able to work in three dimensions in his workshop with the help of a small crane. Being confined to a wheelchair hasn’t thrown a wrench into his visions as an artist.

 

 

John has talent and gumption that is rare to find. Not only that, but the medium he chooses to use is one of the most unique you’ll stumble across. Share his work with others.

 

New Wheel Bearing retainer wrench for K and F series SOHC.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
16 Mar

Well, many times i have beat my head against the wall, trying to get the old Aluminum bearing retainers from out of the hubs etc, Usually you will destroy the things so bad, they wont come out at all.

So, what I did was make a tool to fit both the K series CB750 rear wheel hub, as well as the CB750F hub and this works awesome.

No more banging an old screwdriver, or trying to tap the thing undone, only to bugger all the threads up as well and bring your own blood pressure up.

 

So- here is a great wrench for you so you can remove the retainer and save a wee bit of sweat and swearing.

These are made out of heavy Gauge steel with steel pins to make sure this sits in the holes correctly and does the job it was intended for, I have looked for a tool such as this but never seem to find one, so though the best to be make my own and offer these for sale, so at least you can have a better chance of taking your own machine apart, rather than paying a shop to do it.

 

I know you can use it as I have used this now 4 times this week as I had to remove bearings from hubs so I can polish and paint the hubs and then re-spoke, so it has already paid for itself many times over.

 

 

So, have a look, I now sell these on my website and you can use it right out of the box, one end is for the smaller retainer that Super Sports have and the other end is for all the K series SOHC machines.

Here is a quick video I did, forgive the quality but I was on my own and trying to work left handed.

 

These will be priced at $29.99 and ready to ship to you today !!!!!

CLICK HERE TO BUY THE ITEM