SuzukiSavage.com - What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made?

splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Reply #15 - 08/27/10 at 12:58:04 I bought a small gear puller that was a real piece. It was made in china and bent the first time I used it, and it did not even remove the gear I was pulling.
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Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made?
Reply #16 - 08/27/10 at 15:53:09

stinger wrote on 08/27/10 at 01:23:04:

i have a jack from Harbor Freights and the problem is there isn't much frame under the Savage and it makes it unstable. I guess its pretty solid and works on most other bikes but not ours.

I have a HF model, and it is OK, but you have to be REAL CAREFUL where you put it. I put some big hooks into the garage wall studs and use the tie downs I use in the truck for transport. I tension it to both sides and front and back, just to be sure. I'd rather do it and not need it than need it and not have done it Wink

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Reply #17 - 08/27/10 at 15:53:38

stinger wrote on 08/27/10 at 01:23:04:

i have a jack from Harbor Freights and the problem is there isn't much frame under the Savage and it makes it unstable. I guess its pretty solid and works on most other bikes but not ours.

I have a HF model, and it is OK, but you have to be REAL CAREFUL where you put it. I put some big hooks into the garage wall studs and use the tie downs I use in the truck for transport. I tension it to both sides and front and back, just to be sure. I'd rather do it and not need it than need it and not have done it Wink

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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Reply #18 - 08/27/10 at 20:36:11 jef.savage wrote on 08/27/10 at 06:11:04: I bought a 17mm deep socket because Clymer's says the Savage spark plug takes one. Looked all over for a 17mm spark plug socket but couldn't find one. Duh! Funny...the plug on mine (see signature) takes an 18mm deep well socket. YMMV, I guess!
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Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made?
Reply #19 - 08/28/10 at 08:07:44

Digger wrote on 08/27/10 at 20:36:11:

jef.savage wrote on 08/27/10 at 06:11:04:

I bought a 17mm deep socket because Clymer's says the Savage spark plug takes one. Looked all over for a 17mm spark plug socket but couldn't find one. Duh!

Funny...the plug on mine (see signature) takes an 18mm deep well socket.

YMMV, I guess!

me too, that;s why it was a mistake.

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