Turn the case half over and put the stud in a vise. Put it down close to the base where it goes into the case. Tighten the vise as tight as you can get it and work the case back and forth until it breaks loose. Once it breaks loose, you should be able to take it out with vise grips. I'm sure it's no...

I think it is possibly a Phoenix engine. I have some Phoenix manuals and they have a 480 which is 4 speed 80cc engine and 500 which is 5 speed 100cc engine. The literature I have is Pabatco literature and says they were made for minibike use. I think this is the engine I have freshening it up for hi...

If Paul's deal don't work out contact me offline. I am thinking about selling the bike I put together for a racer. It's been raced many times and has all the upgrades needed/wanted for a woods racer. It will be priced reasonably for what it is but will need freshened up. Can get it to Ohio as I'm no...

Like Kelly (socal hodaka) always says, We want pictures.

I built a Camaro for a friend of mine. It ran in the low 7's in the 1/8th. I got to take it for a few passes before he took it home. It was exciting and fun but still not as fun as my little Wombat. We parked on the fence at the end of the track. I was going so slow I was doing parade waves to my fa...

Last weekend my son and I decided to go to watch friday night fun night at the local drag strip in Terre Haute. I figured since I was going I might as well take the Wombat to ride around the pits since I cleaned the tank and carb the day before. Anyway, I ended up running the wombat down the track 3...

You might try going to a locksmith and asking if they have any broken key extractors. There are several different ones and one of them has to be correct. I do some hobby locksmith type stuff, mostly just pick locks for fun, but haven't bought any of the key extractors yet. You can google it and find...