to summarise my problems (i really could take up a lot of space...), my 2004 klr 650 is now in the big honda garage in la paz, bolivia (recommended by HU) having a new cam chain, cam chain tensioner and doohickey fitted (the cÑts at Kawasaki had better have sorted the latter piece of cr.ap out on the new 2008 model). As so many readers in this forum will know, the hardest thing to deal with is the fact that you have to trust these mechanics, when often the largest machine they´ve worked on is a ´hero´, and they have never even heard of kawasakis... other than on a tatty poster of a ninja (if you´re lucky.) in fact on this trip i have had more problems caused by one mechanic alone than by natural causes! git

anyway here´s my question, with only a sentence or two more of preamble:
The mechanic here had A LOT of trouble getting off the large bowl-shaped piece of metal within the engine, to get at the chains beneath (i´m well-teknicul, me...), and had to actually drive the bike on a flatbed to someone else who had the necessary tools (? i wasn´t there) to manage it. this surprisingly rings a bell -i remember seeing a post of some klr owners wanting to borrow special tools in order to pre-empt their doohickey failure and install a replacement. So:
When REinstalling this large bowl shaped metal part (stop laughing you bastardos..), do you require some special powerful tool? I asked mr mechanic whether he would be driving kevin over to the aforementioned tool source to put it back on, and he said no, a spanner would be fine. Answers asap would be really appreciated as i´m due to be leaving the city tomorrow, and could be up the creek without a mechanic.

cheers
alex