The Hodaka Club Forum

Hello all, I'm about to start work on my 01 DS and upon pressure washing and giving a good look over I discovered something pretty nasty. The left crankcase half is badly damaged, i'm assuming from the chain balling up in the shifter cover, and will need to be replaced. Fortunately I have the parts needed I just don't have any kind of shop manual to guide me. Any advice or suggestions? Are there any hidden caveats or gotcha's that I need to be aware of while splitting the cases. I've done this before on other two strokes but never on a Hodaka.
Thanks for any input it will be greatly appreciated.

A manual is highly recommended. The last repair manual produced was for the 94 Wombat/95 Combat Wombat. It will cover 90% of your Dirt Squirt needs.

If you have experience with other 2 strokes then you will no doubt find your Hodaka easier than all the others.
First thing that comes to mind is that there are 2 left hand threaded items. 1) the clutch nut and 2) the internal threads of the magneto where you screw in a puller.

Second thing is to split the cases inside of a tote or large pan in order to capture any steel bearings that can tumble out of the countershaft.

Snatch this manual up quick! It’s unbelievably low priced!!!! Victor

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Genuine-Hoda ... SwbmxeoKAU

This one is the latest one produced and I would recommend it. It will not cover the reeded items, the oil injection and the primary start transmission bits.

http://hodaka-parts.com/item.asp?PID=10011

Ty all for the input. The draw key transmission does seem to be fairly simple compared to a conventional transmission. It reminds me of a Vespa gearbox. I’m going to make an order from Hodaka-Parts and I will get the recommended manual as well.