Great idea Russ, I appreciate it.
As it turns out, sadly, the tool is not going to work as intended because I found out that the torque spec for the but is 66 lb/ft (90Nm) and that's too much for the pins. When I tried reaching that torque setting using my el-cheapo Crapsman brand bean type torque wrench, the pins were started to distort their mating holes. Rats. I think I got up to about 60 lb/ft before I stopped. The aluminum nut felt like it was galling on the steel steering stem it mates to, and I resisted putting any anti-seize lube or oil on it because the whole origin of my idea is that the nut was so loose I could turn it with two fingers. I don't want any lube in there to aid in it's self-loosening tendencies.
That nut acts as the centering device and clamping connection between the steering stem and the top yoke of the triple clamps. That is was loose seems to be why my bike started handling funny (in the strange way, not the ha-ha kind of funny.) With it loose, I tried rolling forward and clamping on the front binders. There was a noticeable "clunk" in doing that. It seems to be gone now with the nut torqued somewhere near the recommended setting.
I'm going to find an appropriate size round of pre heat treated 4140 or 4150 and make a shallow custom 6 point socket to grab the hex on the outside of the nut instead. If I'm really industrious I could further enhance it by putting pins inside that, though it would be harder (or impossible?) to use your method to push pins in.
As it turns out, sadly, the tool is not going to work as intended because I found out that the torque spec for the but is 66 lb/ft (90Nm) and that's too much for the pins. When I tried reaching that torque setting using my el-cheapo Crapsman brand bean type torque wrench, the pins were started to distort their mating holes. Rats. I think I got up to about 60 lb/ft before I stopped. The aluminum nut felt like it was galling on the steel steering stem it mates to, and I resisted putting any anti-seize lube or oil on it because the whole origin of my idea is that the nut was so loose I could turn it with two fingers. I don't want any lube in there to aid in it's self-loosening tendencies.
That nut acts as the centering device and clamping connection between the steering stem and the top yoke of the triple clamps. That is was loose seems to be why my bike started handling funny (in the strange way, not the ha-ha kind of funny.) With it loose, I tried rolling forward and clamping on the front binders. There was a noticeable "clunk" in doing that. It seems to be gone now with the nut torqued somewhere near the recommended setting.
I'm going to find an appropriate size round of pre heat treated 4140 or 4150 and make a shallow custom 6 point socket to grab the hex on the outside of the nut instead. If I'm really industrious I could further enhance it by putting pins inside that, though it would be harder (or impossible?) to use your method to push pins in.