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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Idontwantapickle on April 21, 2015, 10:18:24 PM
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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
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Doh!
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Nuts, the trouble with nuts.
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Yep, that would have made a nice mess of your cases. Good find ;-T
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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
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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.
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See, that would NEVER happen on a shaft drive bike!
;D
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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
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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!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/_40059577_scissors_ap_300x300_zpst5lnqxdz.jpg)
:o
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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...........
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Reminds me of the polish carpenter, cut it twice and it was still too short ;D
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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..
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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.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q708/2hhjones/20150421_181055_zpsuvj11pfd.jpg)
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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
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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...
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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.
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Talk about getting your nut caught in a vice............oww wwwww!
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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.
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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
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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.. ~;
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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. ???
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What Tobit said about master links: Closed end leads.
Ralph
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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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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. ;)