The Hodaka Club Forum

used my smoker to heat up the cases to say it worked good would be a under statement. working on the clutch now

Mmmmm! Smoked Wombat! Or would that be Smoked RatBat? Sounds tasty!!!

Did you decide to blue print the clutch? Victor

yes its fairly easy and makes quite a difference and now's the right time ....albert

Buttery smooth AND precise. Great combo.

putting clutch together and was wondering if you can use as many Clutch disc spacer's as needed . when put together with two spacer's no contact with the Clutch disc and the Clutch pressure piece, when i added one more spacer there was contact will need one or two more too get it adjusted. thought i should walk away for the night before get to out of control thanks ...albert

and is there any tricks to drilling out the Clutch lever rivet and replacing the o-ring . thanks ,...albert

You do not drill out the rivet, you have to get something under the edge of it and pry it up, I use a wood chisel to get it started, then grab it with pliers and turn it out. It has a spiral to it and doesn't come straight up. There is a knack to it, some come out harder than others, just have to be patient and persistent.

great.. thank you thats a big help. the manual said to drill it out if i read it right and all i saw were problems. prying and being patient i can do that ..thank you ... albert

that was a nice tip thrownchain 15 minutes after reading your tip my helper and i had it out and back together nice and easy thanks. it past the presser test and has a healthy spark looks like the wiring is good to go. need to burn the exhaust out, to windy tonight . tank ,gas line and filter, seat and waiting for one more part and some adjustments and away she goes .... i sure hope so any how ....albert

Coming along nicely, Albert! Starting to look like a great every day runner! Victor

Great ride, Albert. Be forwarned: That scooter will start a lot of conversations.

got till sunday to get it together running or not . in the town we live in every year they have a big craft fair streets are closed they say 100,000 thousand people show up to look at the stuff, locals leave town, and on sunday the local car club has a show and swap meet at the fair grounds its pretty ding ding but a lot of folks come to look at the cars from model t's to muscle cars, rat rods you name it . last year there was one harley a 2018 i think he just wanted good parking. so were going to put in our hodakas that's 1 B+ pretty original , the burned up basket case and the 94 wombat and see what happens. its pretty laid back just a bunch of motor heads wondering around should be interesting......albert

what's a good starting point for these carb screws 1 . 5 turns out for the number 2 screw im guessing, but i have no idea for the number one screw thank you ...albert

The number 1 screw in your picture is for setting idle speed. It interfaces with a little ramp cast into the slide valve. By turning it in (clockwise) it raises up the slide (increasing idle RPM). You can see the effect looking into the mouth of the carb and turning in the number one screw. I don't know if there is a specified number of turns. Set it by ear.

When I reassemble a carb, I run the #1 screw in till it just starts to lift the slide. #2 screw at 1 1/2 turns out. Then you tweak the 2 to get the rpms you want. Wouldn't hurt to give the carb a good clean also.

Oopsies...I think I missed the thrust of the question. It was not so much "what does it do?" but "what is its setting?" Got it. I'm with you, Thrown. Turn in the screw so the slide opens slightly and tune from there.

im asking the question because i tried to get the bike started today and didnt have any thing, it tried once not very well but after that nothing,. so since i really was guessing about the screws i would start there. the carb picture is before i cleaned it up and put a carb kit in it. it has spark so just going through the list ......thank for the info..albert

Ok, is fuel getting to the carb? If so is it getting thru the carb and into the motor?. Are the jets in the overhaul kit the correct ones for this application? Is the timing set spot on? Does the motor have good compression? All these things matter.

fuel is getting to the carb. will check to see if getting thru the carb. the rebuild kit was the right one and the jets matched the specs . i will check the timing again. i dont have a compression gauge but will see what i can do . and will adjust the screws .thanks for the to do list i was pulling my eyes out ....albert

3 basics to get a motor to run. Spark- fuel-compression. What they don't say is that you need good spark at the right time, fuel in the correct quantity, and good compression, just because you feel compression when you kick over the motor, doesn't always mean it's good enuff to run.

seems to be low compression . barely get 70 pounds on a compression gauge . when put on my B+ 150 right off the bat . so that's where it stands . bummer but at least we have a direction to work towards . any guidance would be appreciated.....albert

It could be as simple as a new set of rings. Worst case scenario - next overbore and new piston/rings. I highly recommend Hodaka Dave for a top end rebuild. Two of the BEST cylinder/piston sets I've ever had were his rebuilds.

i agree i sent him the top end of the burned up basket case and it came back looking new thought he sent me a different one it was so let say refreshed . i really like dealing with hodaka people no BS your word is good as it should be ,if i say i will do something id run thru fire to get it done and so it seems they would to nice in today's world. were leaning towards rings and hone but were still giving it some thought ...albert

At 70 lbs you may have got it running by pushing it down a very long hill. Near impossible to kick start it at the level. Fresh top end it is.

im pulling the top end off tomorrow to get it measured and see where its at . today went to the car show and had a lot of interest lots of folks had a hodaka knew somebody with a hodaka saw a hodaka heard a hodaka or didnt know a thing about them, gave my phone number to a guy that wants to get rid of hodakas and when it was all over we won 2 best of show in our category, the guy in the picture is my friend with the wombat and my grandson who felt like we won the "Stanley cup" it was a good day....albert