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Hello again!
I've got a 1982 xs400 heritage special project bike I've been doing a top end refresh on (my first!). It's coming right a long, but I've gotten very impatient about not being able to ride.
One night while obsessively looking at motorcycles online, I spotted this 1980 XS400SG...
Thanks, everyone, for your advice! Gonna try the ol' pipe on a socket wrench trick. I did end up returning that impact driver, but only because my pops said he had an extra pneumatic driver that he's going to send me.
Thanks for your input SpikeG. I was worried you'd say that! Maybe I'll return this 12v and get some more leverage instead. The impact driver was on the cheaper end, and I think to getting one with the power I need might be a little out of my budget for the moment.
In any case, I'll break out...
So I'm working on my very first top end rebuild. The bike is a 1982 xs400 Heritage Special.
I'm currently stuck on the acorn nuts fastening down the cylinder head. I can't get 'em to budge. Other threads I've browsed (here for example...