This is the tool I made up. It’s very simple, screw the bolt into the thread in the centre, put the steel across the clutch to puh down on the springs and wind the nut down to compress the springs (The nut needs to be on the other side of the metal so it pushes down )
Brilliant idea! Will unashamedly copy!!! Cheers
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Hi Don
Hope all is well with you. Rebuild of engine well underway now. Thanks for clutch assembly tool design - worked a dream!
Have got a part left over. I have checked all the parts manuals and frustratingly can’t find it
Any idea what it is and where it fits?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Terry
Hi Terry I think it goes on the hollow rear left stud under the rocker cradle, It fits into a recess in the cylinder head and stops the engine oil from running down the stud. This stud is larger and has a hole through the centre which feeds oil up to the rocker assembly. When assembling the rockers, make sure the hole in the side of the stud at the top lines up with the hole in the rocker cradle so the oil flows through The other 3 slimmer studs have square section o ring seals.
See part 43 in this picture from the parts book
Hi Don - many thanks for this. Makes total sense and it fits!
Thanks for the tip about hole alignment. I have checked and the hole in the hollow rear left stud does not align with the hole in the rocker cradle. It is about 180 deg out. Unfortunately the stud has seized in the crank case and I can’t turn it.
However I note that the diameter of the hollow left stud (where the oil outlet hole is) is about 0.75mm smaller than the stud hole in the rocker cradle ie there is some clearance for the oil to flow round. Do you think I can get away with it? No come back I promise!!! I suppose I could run the engine for a short while, remove the rocker cover and check to see if oil has been suppled to the rockers etc.
Kind regards
Terry
PS If we ever meet up I definitely owe you a beer!
If the stud is stuck in that place, it must have been facing in that direction all its life and so the oil must be capable of flowing around the outside and into the rocker cradle so all should be good.
PS If we ever meet up I definitely owe you a beer! I’ll hold you to that one! 
Thanks - as always advice much appreciated 
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Hi Don
Rebuild complete - bike up and running. Got video of my mate giving it its first road run; went like a dream!! Unfortunately can’t attach video 
Needs a clean up and polish; when done will send photos.
If you let me know your address and your favorite tipple I’ll post to you as a token of my appreciation for your help!
Cheers
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Great news that you have it up and running again. It’s always a fantastic feeling when a bike that you have rebuilt comes back to life.
No need for any token, I’m always pleased to help out a fellow Guzzi owner, especially a Stornello owner.
I picked up a spare engine recently that I am rebuilding and have a spare frame in the garage loft so see the start of another project bike coming along!
You’re right; it was a fantastic feeling!! Perhaps like giving birth but with a longer and more painful gestation period!!!
Good luck with your new project - I’m starting to think about my next one. Must be mad 
Thanks again for all your help.
Kind regards
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