Scooterist bodges and tips #3 Makeshift tools | FEATURE

Here are the latest scooterist bodges and tips. Each one we publish will get the bodger a free SLUK T-shirt.

Lambretta flywheel holding tool

Who needs a flywheel holding tool when you’ve got a decent sized spanner? This tip comes from Michael in Austria, it’s good to see scooter boys and girls all over the world bodging stuff. Michael said “Here’s a flywheel holding tool everybody has in his toolbox. It saved my day, as rarely someone carries a flywheel holding tool on tours.”

Many greetings,

Michael Powolotti from Austria

Roadside exhaust removal

I recently had the misfortune of having to remove a Lambretta exhaust in the middle of Belgium (as covered in our recent story on scooterist friendships). Sometimes no amount of manipulating will get that rusty manifold to release itself, luckily I had a man with a big hammer as mine was seized on solid.

Marco was less fortunate when he needed to remove his at the side of the road in Italy, he didn’t have a trusty hammer so improvised using a stick and a lump of stone. Sticks and stones may break your bones but may also help to free a troublesome downpipe. 

Homemade third-hand clutch tool

We all know it can be a bit fiddly to adjust a Vespa clutch on your own. You have to pull the cable to put some tension into the adjuster whilst holding a spanner and trying to tighten the solderless nipple at the same time. Toby Read from Bridlington sent us this little video of a tool he made for himself and a few friends.

Toby told us “I designed my own working prototype of a clutch adjustment tool a while back, it’s much easier to use than the ‘third-hand’ tools you can buy and doesn’t fray the cables. It works on an 8mm thread, the bolt head end peg spins freely. A few friends have used it and wanted me to make them one”. 

Toby Read

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