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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover OFF?? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1236458461 Message started by Mortation on 03/07/09 at 12:41:01 |
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Title: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover OFF?? Post by Mortation on 03/07/09 at 12:41:01 I can't get this thing to turn for the life of me and the biggest screwdriver I have is just screwing up the cover. Is there a trick to this??? |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Moofed on 03/07/09 at 13:32:08 Vise grips and a used brake pad. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Mortation on 03/07/09 at 13:43:44 7755555C5F5E3A0 wrote:
Too late. I got it off and not in a good way. Busted it. Took a chunk out of the middle. No damage to the engine case and it unscrewed after that. But now I have to pull the cover off and change the gasket because I saw a couple small pieces of metal fall inside :( |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by serowbot on 03/07/09 at 14:29:08 Don'cha wish somebody would make one of those out of metal with an allen head in the middle.....Sheesh!..... |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Mortation on 03/07/09 at 14:31:01 2335223F27323F24500 wrote:
They are plastic? I was thinking so when my magnetic grabber wasnt pulling the little pieces out of the hole. What a PITA. Now I have to pull the crankcase cpver off to make sure the little plastic parts dont end up someplace in the engine. ARGH! At least all the parts were only $20. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by verslagen1 on 03/07/09 at 14:45:06 I don't know about yours, but mine's aluminum. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Mortation on 03/07/09 at 14:54:25 293A2D2C333E383A316E5F0 wrote:
I don't think mine was. Maybe. It broke awefully easy. Snapped a hole right in the middle from spinning a screw driver. And my little magnet didnt get the parts. Oh well :( |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Yonuh Adisi on 03/07/09 at 16:04:20 Magnets don't work with aluminum anyway. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Moofed on 03/07/09 at 16:10:50 Argh, sorry i was slow to reply. As it was I typed that on my cell phone waiting for the laundry to finish. Atleast the side cover isn't damaged. I dinged the threads on mine and only barely got it back on after careful cleaning and plenty of oil. Someone on here said it is some odd pipe thread too. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by verslagen1 on 03/07/09 at 17:42:51 Sorry, I can't sit here all day, got to polish the bike sometime. Next time post your querry, then have a beer. Do something else, have another and an answer should appear. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 03/07/09 at 19:37:13 I still wonder if there isn't an iron pipe plug that would work in there. I suppose that would crack the case instead, huh? I haven't tried the old brake pad trick. I ground a one-inch spade bit to a slight curve that matched the groove on the plug and popped it right out. I carry the bit right along with my other tools now. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/07/09 at 21:35:21 I took a washer & sammiched it 'atween 2 others a bit smaller & ground the radius shorter in one area, to make it fit the groove. The threaded rod they are all mounted on is the handle. If I needed to pull it & all I had handy was a brake pad, tho, Id use it. You can spring for a "Spayshull Tewll" but I hate doing that. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Educatedredneck on 03/07/09 at 22:43:12 Hey! This is what I made to do the job. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1232437043 |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by Savage_Amusement on 03/07/09 at 23:34:55 My tool box has those stupid pieces that slide down in front of the drawers to keep them from falling open when you move it. That fit PERFECTLY into the groove and then I used a pair of pliers to twist it. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/08/09 at 00:11:46 35223323222B2B3E342829470 wrote:
What happened? Posts: 3978 Re: Cheap Timing Cover Removal Tool Reply #1 - Today at 08:10:32 & if it gets outta the slot its gonna make a very large scratch...Id shorten the blade down to about an inch & grind the edge to a radius ti fit into the bottom of the slot. But it looks like a Low Buck idea thatll do the job. |
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Title: Re: Anyone get the Valve Timing Inspection Cover O Post by verslagen1 on 03/08/09 at 00:45:23 Mine's cheaper and I got a pile of them for free. Well not really, they cost around $20 and take some 5 to 10k miles to make. After that, they're perfectly good timing port cover removers. Take a used (no, I don't throw anything away, unless of it's on fire or gonna blow up or somethin') front brake pad, jam the skinny end into the slot and twist it with a wrench. However, judicious use of a hacksaw, and a file turns it into a great dual handled cover twister. ;D |
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