New project, a bit less ambitious- 1975 CB750F Blue Angel
- Thread starter NoahAbs
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dielectric
Grouch.
That nut splitter won't work here. No clearance. I've had a splitter like that for almost 20 years and I've only had about two nuts that it would work on because it takes so much room. Just get the dremel and a few of the good fiber-reinforced cutoff wheels. Then use the rest of the attachments to polish in between the fins, etc.
rjz5400
grummble grumble
i just got my oil filter bolt out by doing just what was suggested above but without the heat. The 10mm oil bolt was completely rounded. i used a 9mm deep socket and a 20 oz hammer to SLOWLY but forcefully get the two together. it probably took like 40 or 60 hits to fully mate them,
two things to remember if you do this.
1 do not try to turn it until you have the ENTIRE surface of the nut covered by the socket! getting excited and stripping the last bit of metal left will lesson the chance anything but cutting ill work.
2 Make sure that the socket is in line with the nut, not tilted one way or the other and that it stays going pretty straight. it is very easy to pitch roll out of sync with the nut. then just throw it away and size a new bolt at the store. or if it is a 30 $ oil bolt like mine is/was just leave it in the socket until you are ready to replace it on the bike!!!
hope this helps good luck
two things to remember if you do this.
1 do not try to turn it until you have the ENTIRE surface of the nut covered by the socket! getting excited and stripping the last bit of metal left will lesson the chance anything but cutting ill work.
2 Make sure that the socket is in line with the nut, not tilted one way or the other and that it stays going pretty straight. it is very easy to pitch roll out of sync with the nut. then just throw it away and size a new bolt at the store. or if it is a 30 $ oil bolt like mine is/was just leave it in the socket until you are ready to replace it on the bike!!!
hope this helps good luck
NoahAbs
New Member
RJZ, good suggestion about pounding another socket on. My crappy old 12point sockets are probably somewhat to blame in the first place, I should go find a 6pointer in the size and knock it on. I will gladly toss it afterwards, they aren't too hard to come by.
Another part in, and another problem. I got a set of controls off a 78 super sport, but they are totally different than the ones on a 75, with more complex wiring (it seems) and on the clutch side, the 75 has a perch built into the control, while the 78 has independent controls.
I was planning on eventually going with all custom stuff anyway and dramatically simplifying whats going on up around my hands. I think I may now just bite the bullet- new shorty levers, a new left side light/horn switch and no start button, but the car-turn-style ignition i referenced before. On a scale of 1-10, or Me-Someone Competent, how hard would that be? Eventually I wanted to go with all new controls, levers, lights, etc, so I might just have to pull the wiring harness and do it all now. Whaddya think?
Another part in, and another problem. I got a set of controls off a 78 super sport, but they are totally different than the ones on a 75, with more complex wiring (it seems) and on the clutch side, the 75 has a perch built into the control, while the 78 has independent controls.
I was planning on eventually going with all custom stuff anyway and dramatically simplifying whats going on up around my hands. I think I may now just bite the bullet- new shorty levers, a new left side light/horn switch and no start button, but the car-turn-style ignition i referenced before. On a scale of 1-10, or Me-Someone Competent, how hard would that be? Eventually I wanted to go with all new controls, levers, lights, etc, so I might just have to pull the wiring harness and do it all now. Whaddya think?
lonelywolf8588
Been Around the Block
Use a Craftsman or another socket with a lifetime guarantee so if you do f*%$ it up then trade it in for a new one.
