Author Topic: Tonight on Measure Twice, Cut Once................ (Read 8200 times)

Idontwantapickle · « **on:** April 21, 2015, 10:18:24 PM »

Have you ever finished up a task on your good ol' Laverda but that one little nut, you never did find it? The one for the fender mount.
Maybe the kids bumped it off the lift or it rolled under the workbench. Just grab another, it'll be fine, right?

Maybe not, I shudder to think what mayhem could have followed:

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q708/2hhjones/20150421_181055_zpsuvj11pfd.jpg

nc43bsa · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2015, 10:36:10 PM »

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:21:13 AM »

Nuts, the trouble with nuts.

Waterbottle · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:35:41 AM »

Yep, that would have made a nice mess of your cases. Good find ;-T

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:35:41 AM »

lucky phil · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:38:00 AM »

Quote from: Idontwantapickle on April 21, 2015, 10:18:24 PM

Have you ever finished up a task on your good ol' Laverda but that one little nut, you never did find it? The one for the fender mount.
Maybe the kids bumped it off the lift or it rolled under the workbench. Just grab another, it'll be fine, right?

Maybe not, I shudder to think what mayhem could have followed:

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q708/2hhjones/20150421_181055_zpsuvj11pfd.jpg

Its a Laverda remember, as soon as the engine started the vibration would have launched the nut into outer space along with the riders teeth and it wouldnt have been an issue.
Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Ciao

Bonafide Bob · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2015, 04:49:06 AM »

Quote from: lucky phil on April 22, 2015, 02:38:00 AM

Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Ciao

I agree with that quote.....I spent 4 hours last week looking for a small bolt I dropped while working on my Stevio, after cleaning the entire floor in my shop, under and behind tool boxes etc. the process of elimination told it was stuck on the bike somewhere. Armed with a dental mirror and small flashlight I finally found and retrieved it from it hiding place.

Cam3512 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2015, 05:29:26 AM »

See, that would NEVER happen on a shaft drive bike!

;D

Bill Hagan · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2015, 05:29:53 AM »

Quote from: lucky phil on April 22, 2015, 02:38:00 AM

Its a Laverda remember, as soon as the engine started the vibration would have launched the nut into outer space along with the riders teeth and it wouldnt have been an issue.
Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Ciao

If I applied that standard, I'd be in my garage forever. :o

OTOH, that's not such a bad thing, is it? ;)

Bill

Penderic · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:12:20 AM »

That is a scary pic! I had a cloth rag get caught in a rear chain and it ripped a hole in the engine case. Had to disassemble the motor and heliarc the case. >:(

FOD is not only expensive and time consuming, it can also hurt!

:o

Idontwantapickle · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:19:16 AM »

Quote from: lucky phil on April 22, 2015, 02:38:00 AM

Its a Laverda remember, as soon as the engine started the vibration would have launched the nut into outer space along with the riders teeth and it wouldnt have been an issue.
Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Ciao

Ha! You are so right! I have to lift my tail off the seat to clear my vision in order to read road signs on this bike.
I do find it interesting that an airplane guy goes by the name Lucky...........

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:29:22 AM »

Reminds me of the polish carpenter, cut it twice and it was still too short ;D

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:32:44 AM »

Quote from: lucky phil on April 22, 2015, 02:38:00 AM

Its a Laverda remember, as soon as the engine started the vibration would have launched the nut into outer space along with the riders teeth and it wouldnt have been an issue.
Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Ciao

I had a hundred dollar reward for a 7/16" wrench going on for a week. (!) Believe me, I looked, Dorcia looked, the Kid looked. When I couldn't find it in the cabin, the search expanded to the shop, hanger, Guzzi Garage, etc. Totally frustrating. Finally, I found it. Somehow, it had hit the cabin floor, and bounced up into the seat track where it was *well* hidden. Finally found it when I tried to take out the seat..

Tobit · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:58:04 AM »

Good find! JMHO but the master link clip should face the other way? As is, with the open end of the clip leading, it's easier for it to catch on something while running and be pried off. Also bad news for cases when the link comes apart.

;-T

As far as missing nuts, washers, etc, unless I hear it hit the lift and bounce under the bench, it's a search till found. Otherwise, a new fastener is used.

Tobit

mtiberio · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2015, 08:55:52 AM »

agree, it would probably vibrate off. plus it isn't headed into the case area, that nut is on the lower run of the chain, and is headed toward the rear sprocket...

Tobit · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2015, 10:58:39 AM »

Quote from: mtiberio on April 22, 2015, 08:55:52 AM

agree, it would probably vibrate off. plus it isn't headed into the case area, that nut is on the lower run of the chain, and is headed toward the rear sprocket...

Well I'll be. Don't know how I saw that wrong, thanks.

jbell · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:13:25 PM »

Talk about getting your nut caught in a vice............oww wwwww!

mphcycles · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2015, 04:41:12 PM »

Quote from: Idontwantapickle on April 21, 2015, 10:18:24 PM

Have you ever finished up a task on your good ol' Laverda but that one little nut, you never did find it? The one for the fender mount.
Maybe the kids bumped it off the lift or it rolled under the workbench. Just grab another, it'll be fine, right?

Maybe not, I shudder to think what mayhem could have followed:

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q708/2hhjones/20150421_181055_zpsuvj11pfd.jpg

I also have a 69 Eagle, a 750 S version. Jack Mckormick told me there was "only a handful" of them inmported. Got a pic? Mine has been in rehab for years, no time for my own projects, then its onto the SFC as my last resto.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2015, 05:50:13 PM »

Usually when something falls off my bikes it's at speed........it bounces off my right boot, and I don't miss it until I stop. ~; 1 time that was my ignition key I had misplaced and ended up spending the whole MGNOC Rally weekend rewiring my CX100 so I could ride it back home. Not only had that happened(my doing), but before getting to that rally 1st my speedo cable broke going thru Las Vegas, Nev., then later my tach cable broke and I had no extras for backup! And being a Guzzi, good luck finding a shop on the way! So I rode home blind for 3 days. :D

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2015, 06:01:13 PM »

Quote from: Arizona Wayne on April 22, 2015, 05:50:13 PM

Usually when something falls off my bikes it's at speed........it bounces off my right boot, and I don't miss it until I stop. ~; 1 time that was my ignition key I had misplaced and ended up spending the whole MGNOC Rally weekend rewiring my CX100 so I could ride it back home. Not only had that happened(my doing), but before getting to that rally 1st my speedo cable broke going thru Las Vegas, Nev., then later my tach cable broke and I had no extras for backup! And being a Guzzi, good luck finding a shop on the way! So I rode home blind for 3 days. :D

Nice preventive maintenance, there, Wayne.. ~;

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2015, 06:45:37 PM »

This was years ago before I found out when you ride a Guzzi long distances you better have some spare cables just in case. ??? I was used to Jap. bikes that never need any cable replacements. :P Now I carry cables and unless it's a Guzzi I never need them. ???

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #20 on:** April 22, 2015, 08:34:13 PM »

Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Surgeons should have that attitude.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2015, 08:35:14 PM »

Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Surgeons should have that attitude. Some figure lost instruments are just job security.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2015, 10:07:36 PM »

Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on April 22, 2015, 08:35:14 PM

Seriously though after 40 years working on aircraft nothing goes anywhere until all dropped/missing fasteners and tools are accounted for. Spent hours over the years adhearing to this.

Surgeons should have that attitude. Some figure lost instruments are just job security.

Doctors & lawyers? are the only professions I know of where they get paid in full whether they are successful in what they do or not. But lately I've come to the conclusion most the time if you're a federal politician in office or a bureaucrat in a high position it's true too. ~; Anyone else is subject to being tar & feathered.

krglorioso · « **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2015, 11:22:07 PM »

What Tobit said about master links: Closed end leads.

Ralph

Xlratr · « **Reply #24 on:** April 23, 2015, 03:29:32 AM »

Quote from: Tobit on April 22, 2015, 07:58:04 AM

Good find! JMHO but the master link clip should face the other way? As is, with the open end of the clip leading, it's easier for it to catch on something while running and be pried off. Also bad news for cases when the link comes apart.

Tobit

It's a Laverda. Chain's on the right side.

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Tobit · « **Reply #25 on:** April 23, 2015, 08:16:30 AM »

Quote from: krglorioso on April 22, 2015, 11:22:07 PM

What Tobit said about master links: Closed end leads.

Ralph

True, but as Mike pointed out, the pic was on the lower run of the chain so the clip is correct. ;)

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