Vincent Tools

davidd

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All this talk of piston stops has lead me to look at my tools. I thought some of these and the tools of others might be useful to see:

Piston Stop:
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This is the end of a slide puller, that is a long stud with a sliding weight. I welded a nut that matched the puller's thread onto some round stock that I drilled and tapped for the cam spindle threads. It make it easy to pull them out or adjust the height of the spindle in place:

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Take the cam spindle puller off and this is an adapter to pull out the oil pump body. It is usually tough removing these, but they are a firm push fit in, so no tool necessary for installation:
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davidd

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Some Egli Vincent tools. The first is used to unscrew Monza caps that have been stuck on too tight. I hook the tool on the hinge and it follows the form of the cap. I have never damaged a cap, but it is certainly possible with the leverage:
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This tool is for a modern front end. The GSXR front end is used on some Eglis and they have a special tool for the frong axle. Buy a large bolt that fits inside the axle and weld it to a handle:
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Bill Thomas

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Hello David, Do you reamer out the 1" bore for the oil pump body, We have a new one to put in soon and it's a bit tight, We warmed it up a bit to get the old one out with a slide hamer like yours, but as had been said, I don't want to force the new one in, Cheers Bill.
 

clevtrev

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Take a piece of 5/8" dia steel bar, about 7 or 8 inches long, drill and tap 5/16" BSF in one end, weld a thick washer on the other end, fashion a weight out of a lump with a hole through it. The remaining bits you need are all on the bike. Engine stud with whit thread on one end, BSF on the other, long nut nut that goes under the K/S cover to join to the engine stud that goes through the stand plate, which is the extension when needed for the oil pump body.
 

davidd

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Hello David, Do you reamer out the 1" bore for the oil pump body, We have a new one to put in soon and it's a bit tight, We warmed it up a bit to get the old one out with a slide hamer like yours, but as had been said, I don't want to force the new one in, Cheers Bill.

Bill,

Yes. A few days ago one such reaming occurred. Pat Manning had a set of new cases and we had an esteemed guest from the UK who agreed to twist the thing just enough to clean it out while praying that it was not tapered. He did so just as promised.

Richardson says the oil pump sleeve should be a "push fit" in the case.

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davidd

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This was the first Vincent tool I saw at Coburn Benson's shop, although it is not specific to Vincents. A spark plug end welded to a some round stock. Screw the spark plug end in the head and mount the bar end in the vice for changing and lapping valves, etc:
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Half time pinion puller. I seem to make one every time I take and engine apart:
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Dial indicator mounts for the end of the rocker arms when you don't have access to the top of the valve:
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davidd

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Some tools for the racer. The Newby engine sprocket can often be tight on the shaft and I had to pull it on and off several times to relieve it. I converted a BMW/2 puller that I had by drilling two holes for long bolts that screw into the sprocket. I made handler for to hold the body and one to turn the bolt:
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I also needed a sprocket for the CS nut. I sawed apart the right size socket from a flea market purchase and welded a piece of pipe in:
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This tool was very useful. I place it down on behind the brass nut on the timing cover to the left of the quill, one side on the crank case and the other side on the backside of the brass nut. When squeezed, it gets wider and the timing chest cover pops off. I have a high pipe on the racer so it works fine. With stock pipes it would need a new design. I wish I had thought of this sooner:
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Bill Thomas

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I love tools, Trouble is after all these years I have forgot what I have, Just pulled an oil pump with a slide hammer/ Bolt/ washer, And just found the proper end to go with the slide hammer, Silly old ---.
 
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