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...and for the really seized items, such as the phillips engine side case bolts on the RD350 I restored last winter (replaced all of them with SS allen heads) , I use a 1/2" air wrench.
I have a genuine pneumatic screw knocker from my aviation career, but..... my new garage has only one electrical outlet and it's not the 220vac I need to run my compressor. This motorcycle shouldn't be my priority right now, but I find this stuff to be good for my brain.
 
Marty, re. the tank mount post, you might consider this rude,crude, but quick and effective solution. Find a coupling nut, turn it in your drillpress, and file it round, or cut a piece of steel tubing to length and run a 6x1.0 mm. tap into it. JB Weld that new post to a fender washer or a flat piece of steel. JB the resulting piece under the hole with the new post sticking up through it. Flatten the surface around the hole with more JB. And congrats on the acquisition--a late Standard, rarest of the rare!
 
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How about two out of three? The third one rounded out immediately. I drilled the head off and turned it out with my fingers. It didn’t like the #3 phillips. I cannot locate my #3 JIS, if I even have one.
 
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My question for those of you who have done a few of these, is why is my oil pump not trashed? There is nothing on the magnetic plugs, either. Where is the likely place that metal came from?
 
Throw away the impact driver and buy a set of through shaft screw drivers, some have a hex head poking through the hand grip. Better to get the screws out by using a hammer and tapping the shaft while using the hand grip with twisting pressure to get out stuck screws. If the hand pressure isn't enough then a small adjustable wrench or open end spanner on the hex head using pressure while tapping with a hammer works EVERY time.............can get damaged screws out as well using these type of screwdrivers...........Threw my impact driver away because it was braking bits and found the screwdrivers 100% better...........and gets into those hard to get at places the impact driver has trouble with
 
Throw away the impact driver and buy a set of through shaft screw drivers, some have a hex head poking through the hand grip. Better to get the screws out by using a hammer and tapping the shaft while using the hand grip with twisting pressure to get out stuck screws. If the hand pressure isn't enough then a small adjustable wrench or open end spanner on the hex head using pressure while tapping with a hammer works EVERY time.............can get damaged screws out as well using these type of screwdrivers...........

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I have this one. Vessel Impacta. It didn’t get it done either. I know what you’re talking about. It’s works like my screw knocker .
 

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My opinion Marty... aluminum flakes ain't a show stopper. Get it running and do a few oil changes and see where to go from there. If it is the guide, you can run it like that for bit and see if it's worth pullin' the motor and changing it.
Ferrous metal on the other hand.... :yikes:
 
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My question for those of you who have done a few of these, is why is my oil pump not trashed? There is nothing on the magnetic plugs, either. Where is the likely place that metal came from?
Marty what happened to that poor side filter? why is it so beat up?
 
Once a "phillips" head is mangled all bets are off. I will set the "correct drive bit" with a hammer before putting the impact wrench on it. FWIW your stripped out head would have been a perfect place to be using a LH drill bit. Anyone working on old stuff should have a set at the ready, about $10 at the local auto store.
On that nasty glued on gasket at the bottom of the filter well;I grind a broken hacksaw blade to an "angled chisel" edge with rounded corners to prevent gouging and wrap with tape to get in there and scrape the remaining gasket out. It's a pain to do anyways.
 
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your stripped out head would have been a perfect place to be using a LH drill bit. Anyone working on old stuff should have a set at the ready, about $10 at the local auto store.

:doh: I do have a set of backwards bits. I'm such a mess, I don't know what I have. Oh well. The job is done. I'll try to find socket heat replacements at True Value this morning.
 
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My question for those of you who have done a few of these, is why is my oil pump not trashed? There is nothing on the magnetic plugs, either. Where is the likely place that metal came from?
Yep, cam chain guide. But looks like some magnetic material also. That damn grinding starter gear. I built my engine up clean. I had to take it back down to change out the leaking head. I had only used the starter to turn the engine over without the plugs in it to get oil to the lifters. I rode it 40 miles all total and tried to use the starter once when it died. In that short amount of starter usage I found more metal in the case than I would like to ever see. I disconnected the starter.
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I just noticed the OE genuine Yamaha sump screen is NLA. Which way do you go, assuming I don't wish to make a repair at this time? I'm probably asking what's already answered.
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Did you fellows already critique this?
 
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