Did you check with Miles at www.600miles.com ? He was selling the rotor removal tools.
It is a special purpose tool which is a hard steel. The major diameter is 23mm and the pitch is 1.5 mm.
good luck,
Dale
> Does
> anyone have a flywheel removal tool they'd like to sell me?
> Also does
> anyone know the size and thread pitch of the tool? I may be able to find one > if I know the right size.
Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.
> Did you check with Miles at _www.600miles.com_ (http://www.600miles.com) ?
> He was selling the rotor removal tools.
> It is a special purpose tool which is a hard steel. The major diameter is
> 23mm and the pitch is 1.5 mm.
Miles said he ran out of them, and didn't think he could get another run made.
I'm having a hard time finding any other flywheel pullers in that size. 22x1.5 no problem, but 23x1.5 no luck.
Anyone selling theirs or know of another supplier?
I figured out the mystery of why this Z600 was retired, it was missing bolts flywheel cover bolts and not charging. They needed this tool to service it.
You might try finding someone in your area who has the tool. Where do you live?
The rotor removal tool is a must have tool if you own a Honda 600.
Even if you do not plan
on doing the mechanical work yourself, the person doing the work may need the tool. And it
is not a tool which 99.99% of the machine shops or mechanics will have since it was so special
purpose and they would only have it if they worked on a Honda 600.
Did any Honda motorcycles use this tool?
In spite of how hard this rotor removal tool may be to purchase or find, at least it is something which
can be easily created. If you have access to a lathe and milling machine, you could make your own.
Or you could pay a machine shop or find a teenager taking metal shop and have them make it for you.
From Miles post, it sounded like his machinist reworked a hardened metal. If I were making one, I would use cold rolled steel and then harden it after I had cut the threads and machined the hex on the end. While my method would be less damaging to the tool steel used to create the bolts, the end product would not be as strong as the one which Mile's sold. But how many times are you going to be using the tool.....a 100 times or 10,000 times?
BTW, your local community college probably offers a course in machine tool operations and welding. Those courses prove to be invaluable if you like working on cars. You can use the classes to make all the special purpose tools you need for the Honda 600 and modify stuff so it will work on these cars. And in the end you have a new skill which can help you in the workplace or your hobby.
good luck,
Dale
Did you try borrowing one from your local dealership? Some of the old guys still have them and are willing to loan or rent them out.
Bill
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> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > kristoferdahl > Sent:
> Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:43
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> Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: Flywheel Removal Tool
> --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> goinhm@... wrote:
> > Did you check with Miles at
> _www.600miles. com_ (
> http://www.600miles .com
> ) ?
> > He
> was selling the rotor removal tools.
> > It is a special purpose tool
> which is a hard steel. The major diameter is
> > 23mm and the pitch is
> 1.5 mm.
> Miles said he ran out of them, and didn't think he could get > another run made.
> I'm having a hard time finding any other flywheel
> pullers in that size. 22x1.5 no problem, but 23x1.5 no luck.
> Anyone
> selling theirs or know of another supplier?
> I figured out the mystery
> of why this Z600 was retired, it was missing bolts flywheel cover bolts and > not charging. They needed this tool to service it.
Hi Every one
I think just your basic "Grade 11 bolt" in any lenght you want would be just fine. I have used what is grade 5 and yes some times it mushes up the end of the bolt but who cares i toss em in the recycle
drum after 1 use, It only needs to be as hard as the rotor core, and it is only on ther so tight as Miles stated. In motorcycle standards
this is one wimpy rotor! in some bikes it sounds like a hand gun went off when they come free
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Zay
--- In 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> Did you try borrowing one from your local dealership? Some of the old guys
> still have them and are willing to loan or rent them out.
> Bill
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> From: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of kristoferdahl
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:43 AM
> To: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [2cylinderhondas] Re: Flywheel Removal Tool
> --- In 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com, goinhm@ wrote:
> > Did you check with Miles at _www.600miles.com_ (http://www.600miles.com)
> ?
> > He was selling the rotor removal tools.
> > It is a special purpose tool which is a hard steel. The major diameter
> is
> > 23mm and the pitch is 1.5 mm.
> Miles said he ran out of them, and didn't think he could get another run
> made.
> I'm having a hard time finding any other flywheel pullers in that size.
> 22x1.5 no problem, but 23x1.5 no luck.
> Anyone selling theirs or know of another supplier?
> I figured out the mystery of why this Z600 was retired, it was missing
> bolts flywheel cover bolts and not charging. They needed this tool to
> service it.