Ok, the punky buellster ate a transmission for breakfast after the piston and top end job. I went into a bit of a depression when I couldn't find a good used transmission so I let it sit for a few months. Well a week or so ago I went onto evil bay and found a used transmission with shift drum forks and all the shift components for 115$ shipped, basically had to buy it. So I got the transmission and ordered up all the gaskets and seals and stuff. Figure while I'm at it might as well throw a fresh clutch in. Today I got my energy one performance clutch and now it is time to start putting the punky one back together.
I have every tool except for the clutch spring compressor, I figure I can make my own. I am trying to figure out what to make it out of. Basically you push down on the diaphram spring with a pipe with slots cut into it and then remove a clip and the clutch basically falls apart. Here is a picture of a commercial compressor. I can buy one for around 50$ but that ruins the fun right?
Thanks folks!
got a steering wheel puller? then you just need a section of PVC pipe. and a bolt.
No steering wheel puller but I have plenty of scrap around here. I think I might get a piece of metal pipe and cut two notches in it with a 1mm cutting blade on the grinder, then take a screw and washers to it using a piece of stock on top of the pipe. I'm sure I can figure something out, worse comes to worse I could probably have the bike mechanic put the clutch together, but it doesn't look like there is much to a clutch and figure if I'm building this bike I might as well do all the work myself.
Thanks for the tip 44 Dwarf, you folks here really are quite helpful!
what ever you use for the top make sure its thick enough not to flex in when you tighten the bolt..nothing worse then a F'ed up snap ring groove from someone taking it out under load.
Find a way to do things is a passion just like bikes for me.
I wonder if you could use a black pipe cap in the right diameter and grind the slots in it, drill and thread the top, install a piece of ready rod and BAM done. Make sure to put some anti-seize on the threads because regular NC threads are not really made for this application. Bonus points for using ACME thread.
EDIT looked at pricing of large diameter caps on McMaster and it may be cheaper to just buy the tool
I bought the right tool for Dr.Linda's 87 Sportster. After I got it, I though, damn, I could-a-made that from scrap. Whatever. Sometimes not re-inventing the wheel is worth it too.
OK version 1.0 was a failure, seems you need to compress the clutch spring as close to the center as possible. The one I made was a bit too large in diameter so it didn't compress the spring where the spring needed compressing.
Version 2.0 is coming up!
OK Version 2.0 was a success. I went to the home despot and got a 4in to 3in flush mount reducer which is made of thick ABS. It fit the clutch spring pretty good. I found a piece of unistrut and cut about a 6in piece. I threaded a rod through the clutch pack and tightened it down until I could access the clip. The clip was kind of a pain to get out but I did after about 5min. I'll post a pic if anyone ever needs to make a diaphram spring compressor and doesn't want to spend 50$. I'm all in for 10$ and the time I wasted making V 1.0. Might even return the ABS fitting if it makes it through round 2 with the new clutch.
