Bridgestone Motorcycle Parts Discussion Board

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: albervin on September 15, 2013, 04:09:23 AM

Title: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: albervin on September 15, 2013, 04:09:23 AM

I have just been given a Bridgestone dealer workshop shadow board. It is complete with all hooks, clips, screws and nuts but only one tool. If anyone has any spare tools for the board then I would be most appreciative. I would also like to know for what each tool was intended. I have a 2 owner (including me) 1968 90 Deluxe.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: Steve S. on September 15, 2013, 01:39:01 PM

Wow!  Very kool item  Congrats.

Steve S.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: reed on September 15, 2013, 08:42:27 PM

albervin,
I have all the tools but no tool board nice find.
Thanks.
Steve.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: SMFadmin on September 17, 2013, 09:56:45 PM

If you take a good quality picture and make it available folks could take it to their local sign shop and have a digital decal made and mount it on aluminum.
If it would help you could send me a picture of it and I could trace it using Adobe Illustrator and make that copy available on the site.
You would need to post the dimension of the board also, you would have to find your own hooks tho.

Just an Ideal... Let me know.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: Jeff Bar on September 18, 2013, 03:32:43 PM

Thats a great idea, mount the decal on wood, and have a new BS parts!  Jeff Bar

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: reed on September 22, 2013, 08:36:54 PM

If someone has a 350 tool board let me know.
Thanks.
Steve.

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: ddog71 on November 03, 2013, 02:51:21 PM

Have you gotten any feedback on what each tool is used for.? I have purchased some tools and have no idea what they are for. Just wanted to have them since these are rare items, I just recently purchased the timing bar and timing nut. Paid too much for it but this is only the second time I've seen them on ebay. I wasn't going to "procrastinate" this time and let it get away.!!  Have a GREAT day...... Tim

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: disc_valve on November 04, 2013, 06:29:49 AM

OK,

Tool identification - here goes.

First, the left hand side of the board, top row:-

Top crown nut spanner - fits all models from 90 upwards.
Circlip pliers - general purpose, but used on the 50 Sport clutch and 50 Homer clutch ??
Feeler guage - used in setting up the 50 Homer auto clutch.
Telescopic fork leg fitting tool - all models (used for drawing leg up into the top crown). A wheel spindle works just as well here


Now lower left hand side, reading downwards:-

Exhaust nut ring spanner - 50 Sport, 60 Sport, possibly 90 Sport and 90 deluxe.
Steering race adjuster spanner - all models (I think)
Flywheel holder used for all flywheel magnetos.



Extreme right hand side, reading downwrds,

Sprocket stopper - all 50, 60 and 90cc models
Clutch drum stopper - 175
Flywheel puller - 90 models
Flywheel puller - 50 Sport



Second row from right, reading downwards,

Piston seat -  50, 60  90 100, 175 and 200 models.and 175 models.
Piston pin driver - early 50 and 90 models
Cluitch compressor tool - 50 Homer clutch
Crank nut spanner - early 50 Sport and 90 models.

That only leaves the small mystery rectangular shadow in the centre of the board. My only guess is an oil seal driver?

Hope that makes sense,

Graham

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: redimport on November 04, 2013, 11:57:34 AM

Hi,

This is what goes into the rectangular shadow. I am sure I read somewhere that is was for checking carb float levels, but for the life of me I can not find anything to confirm that now. Will keep looking.

later .. ray

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: disc_valve on November 05, 2013, 06:42:20 AM

That's an easy one, Ray - the mystery part is a carb slide guage for the 175.

It fits on top of the slide between it and the carb top allowing you to set the throttle stop screw at the right position. Repeat the job on the other carb and you've got the slides balanced at tick-over (in theory, at least. I do it by ear with the engine running, listening to the exhaust pulses).

I wasn't too sure about the tool I described as a BS50 Homer Clutch Compresor, so I went away and checked in the factory ervice Manuals. The tool is actually a general purpose claw puller. It's hown in teh Bridgestone "7" manual being used to pull main bearings from the crank mainshaft, and also to pull the generator rotor off the crank end on the BS  "7" deluxe.

Mystery solved!

Graham Weeks  

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: redimport on November 05, 2013, 07:28:38 AM

Thanks Graham !!..

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: moonpup on January 26, 2014, 09:02:37 AM

Here's a chance for someone to fill up their board.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bridgestone-Motorcycle-Special-Tools-plus-/181309209479?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a36defb87&vxp=mtr#ht_168wt_1362 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bridgestone-Motorcycle-Special-Tools-plus-/181309209479?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a36defb87&vxp=mtr#ht_168wt_1362)

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: Colin on January 26, 2014, 11:59:16 AM

Nice one Moonpup  8)

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: dcr on January 26, 2014, 12:29:05 PM

Any ideas on more or less than $500.00 final price ??

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: moonpup on February 05, 2014, 10:42:06 AM

Just for future reference for those who might be interested in the final auction results, the tools sold with a high bid of $275.  ;D

Title: Re: Bridgestone Shadow Board
Post by: Mike Anderson on February 05, 2014, 10:58:06 AM

Dirt cheap if you need them.
Namaste, Mike