As promised:
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- I made the battery charger in 1976 from parts I had on hand. It still works as well as the day I put it together.
- You can see the master cylinder hanging in the screwdriver rack right in the corner in one of the pics above. When I need to work on a master cylinder that isn't on a bike I clamp this m/c in the vise and use it to pump the piston(s) out.
- The banjo bolt with a zerk in it is for when the piston(s) are too stuck for the m/c to move.
- I have some old, cheap wrenches that I keep for making special ones out of. The open end ones are for getting at specific bolts on the sidecar where there isn't clearance for a full length one. The 1 1/8" socket is for the swingarm lock nut (fits both bikes). The 15/16" socket is for the 650's clutch locknut (not sure if it will fit the 'Wing)
- The thread chaser is an old spark plug that I removed the electrode from and cut 4 grooves in the threads with a cutoff disc in an angle grinder.
- M20-1.5 oil drain plug - flywheel puller for CX/GL500/650.
- The Spark tester is an off the shelf automotive item but I ground the male end so that it will engage with a bike plug cap and put the insert from a bike plug cap in the female end so it will work on bike plugs.
- The brake piston compressor is also an automotive tool. Next to it are a fender washer that is used for pushing on one piston and a piece of flat steel that lets it push both pistons at the same time. I use this when cleaning up calipers without disassembling them.
- The large pin vise is a chuck from some sort of machine (I have no idea - it was ins my Dad's shop when I inherited). I use it any time I want to turn a drill bit by hand. It is shown with the bit I used to clean out the holes for the pins that hold the pads when I did Eccles' front brake a few weeks ago.
- This wet stone is used for cleaning up mating surfaces after I have scraped the gasket off. I do not use it for sharpening tools because that would wear the surface unevenly.
This is my home made buffer. It normally has a wheel on each side but I found I kept hitting the second wheel while I was buffing the forks so I removed it while I did them.
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