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Just bought a 1998 ST2 rather cheaply with the typical service needs:
Most urgent of these is the starter sprag bearing/clutch but there will be much more I am guessing at 65,000km.
I have partaken of the Service Manual (thank you) and have ordered the Desmotimes guide for desmodue.
I am trying to buy HDESA (or similar) tools to (in the first instance) take out the clutch and get to the starter, check out the state of the stator (and the clutch). Because I'm in Oz, to save multiple purchases and postage I figured a kit would be the go. On HDESA ebay site and regular website I could not find an ST2 engine service tool kit. I contacted HDESA on their ebay site. They were very prompt and helpful but I am not sure our communication has worked out right. They said to use this kit for the ST2:
DUCATI 900 SS / 750 SS HDESA Engine / Service Tool Kit | eBay
I didn't see ST2 in the list of bikes, so I emailed to verify and they again said it was this kit. I have heard that some later 900 SS bikes had a related engine block (to the ST2) but some tools look unfamiliar in comparison to others I've seen for the ST2 on HDESA's site (such as the flywheel tool). It would be prudent to avoid spending $600 Au on the wrong gear so I be sure there's no mistake. I thought I should ask the greatest source of English language Ducati knowledge on the planet: you guys.
If someone who has a kit or some of the engine service tools could look at the HDESA tool kit in the link (or if you know about the mechanical nature of listed bikes compared with the ST2) and tell me if it seems right, I'd be grateful indeed
Rich (Newb from Australia)
Most urgent of these is the starter sprag bearing/clutch but there will be much more I am guessing at 65,000km.
I have partaken of the Service Manual (thank you) and have ordered the Desmotimes guide for desmodue.
I am trying to buy HDESA (or similar) tools to (in the first instance) take out the clutch and get to the starter, check out the state of the stator (and the clutch). Because I'm in Oz, to save multiple purchases and postage I figured a kit would be the go. On HDESA ebay site and regular website I could not find an ST2 engine service tool kit. I contacted HDESA on their ebay site. They were very prompt and helpful but I am not sure our communication has worked out right. They said to use this kit for the ST2:
DUCATI 900 SS / 750 SS HDESA Engine / Service Tool Kit | eBay
I didn't see ST2 in the list of bikes, so I emailed to verify and they again said it was this kit. I have heard that some later 900 SS bikes had a related engine block (to the ST2) but some tools look unfamiliar in comparison to others I've seen for the ST2 on HDESA's site (such as the flywheel tool). It would be prudent to avoid spending $600 Au on the wrong gear so I be sure there's no mistake. I thought I should ask the greatest source of English language Ducati knowledge on the planet: you guys.
If someone who has a kit or some of the engine service tools could look at the HDESA tool kit in the link (or if you know about the mechanical nature of listed bikes compared with the ST2) and tell me if it seems right, I'd be grateful indeed
Rich (Newb from Australia)