Need advice loosening a front sprocket nut - why you should keep the chain tensioned

**motorbyclist** · 28th February 2008, 19:52

Originally Posted by Animal

Damn! I was looking forward to hearing tales of innovation and improvisation. Bugger... !

well, if it was my old xr200 there would be such tales, but i cant afford to break the yzf... and i'm sick of bending screwdrivers

oh the tales i have from the mighty xr200.... including the galv trampoline leg i used for an exhaust pipe, and once the welds broke, my trip around engineering workshops, stealing steel from the bins and building my own, tuneable, square, stainless steel and aluminium muffler which, once tuned properly, gave more power

and more noise

(and it was a better sound too

)

and the time i needed to remove the sparkplugs from my nc30: after hours of furious searching of the shed for the/a suitable tool and fiddling around with other ones, i got a 1/2" socket, drilled the back of it out, welded that into another spark plug tool that fit down the hole and used that. about 15minutes later i found the genuine honda tool - in the bike toolkit, under pillion seat

does anyone else find that ring-spanners are very good for looping over the handles of ratchets/allen keys to gain more leverage? and the good ol' vice grips on the screwdriver trick?

**homer** · 28th February 2008, 21:03

Originally Posted by Animal

Damn! I was looking forward to hearing tales of innovation and improvisation. Bugger... !

yeah me was too ,can someone post the details of whats happening

**motorbyclist** · 29th February 2008, 16:10

Originally Posted by homer

yeah me was too ,can someone post the details of whats happening

waiting for frosty to PM me back....

the guys from the uni club might have a crack at it tonight when/if they come round

**homer** · 29th February 2008, 20:53

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

well, if it was my old xr200 there would be such tales, but i cant afford to break the yzf... and i'm sick of bending screwdrivers

oh the tales i have from the mighty xr200.... including the galv trampoline leg i used for an exhaust pipe, and once the welds broke, my trip around engineering workshops, stealing steel from the bins and building my own, tuneable, square, stainless steel and aluminium muffler which, once tuned properly, gave more power

and more noise

(and it was a better sound too

)

and the time i needed to remove the sparkplugs from my nc30: after hours of furious searching of the shed for the/a suitable tool and fiddling around with other ones, i got a 1/2" socket, drilled the back of it out, welded that into another spark plug tool that fit down the hole and used that. about 15minutes later i found the genuine honda tool - in the bike toolkit, under pillion seat

does anyone else find that ring-spanners are very good for looping over the handles of ratchets/allen keys to gain more leverage? and the good ol' vice grips on the screwdriver trick?

I actually find a ring open ender with the ring end of another spanner on the open end provides sufficient leverage

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th February 2008, 20:57

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

waiting for frosty to PM me back....

the guys from the uni club might have a crack at it tonight when/if they come round

sorry dude--missed that one--call me 0210354615

**homer** · 1st March 2008, 17:10

whats happening with the sprocket has been removed?
is it still stuck fast

we need to know
has there been so form of kiwi enginuity we have been told of?

**Ange09** · 1st March 2008, 18:30

I had the same problem. Some guy came with a puller and pulled it off.

**homer** · 1st March 2008, 18:42

oh wow thats really stuck

**Pixie** · 2nd March 2008, 13:30

1. make this
2. use it

**homer** · 2nd March 2008, 15:04

Originally Posted by Pixie

1. make this
2. use it

Dont they usually have another black thing on the other end as well

**JMemonic** · 2nd March 2008, 23:29

Not needed that is enough to get you arrested in certain places.

Handy tool to have but I doubt in this case it would work to well.

**homer** · 3rd March 2008, 18:56

Right oh

so is the fucken sprocket still on the bloody bike or is is removed

I havnt spent a week checking for progress not to know the answer, and can someone tell me how they got it off if they indeed have

**motorbyclist** · 3rd March 2008, 19:57

still on... need to find time to see frosty

uni started today, so i'm pretty busy

**homer** · 3rd March 2008, 21:57

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

still on... need to find time to see frosty

uni started today, so i'm pretty busy

Ok thats great
just keep us all imformed of progress

**motorbyclist** · 3rd March 2008, 22:12

Originally Posted by homer

Ok thats great
just keep us all imformed of progress

will do

my attention has turned back onto getting my nc30 back on the road for uni and a coro loop this weekend

though if i'm driving the ute to pick up my new NC30 parts, i might chuck the dirtbike on the trailer and take it to my uncle and borrow his rattle gun

of course him being on the far side of mt wellington, and my nc30 parts being in the city and barrys point rd, it's not likely i'll have time.. gotta be at uni by noon