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Close to my argument when the crusty US draft dodger kootenay hippy corrected me as I was wrenching on my truck in his shop for a rate a young broke buck could afford. He lectured me for several minutes and then laid down the law - next time I mentioned ‘imperial’ to describe SAE tools, I would be banned from his shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
I valued keeping my wheels turning more than my pride at the time.
Some cretin may have sold you 5mm shift housingQuote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
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I recently was excited to get a new build together so (late at night) while shortening the hose length down on my brand new code RSCs I remounted the hose with the olive in the wrong direction. Fully assembled the bike before noticing brake fluid dripping from the lever. Damn olive stuck in the lever when I removed the hose. Still trying to figure a way to get that little fucker out. Might be out two new levers. But the little rainbow bits look so good on my workbench.
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Anybody else play “how loose can you let your hub cones get and have the wheel still not quite blow up”?
Me neither.
Hub cones? Maybe I'm already playing that game and I didn't even know.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Carefully thread a self tapping screw into the olive, clamp a vise-grip onto the screw and pull.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgiaSnow
That’s what I was planning on trying next. But given my track record we’ll see how it turns out…Quote:
Originally Posted by NW_SKIER
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Anyone have advice for what other kind of shit to litter the floor with so that any little bolt you drop in is more perfectly camouflaged? I've gotten the basics down pretty well. Floor hasn't been swept in a year, lots of open bins of parts it could potentially fall in and plenty of gaps underneath the workbench for it to roll under. Also open to thoughts on maximizing the number of stupid surfaces to set my 4mm allen key on.
After battling for a long time to mount a moto ice tire on the wrong direction.... faaack remount.
Ice tires have super stiff casings with a road carcass inside.
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I don’t think I’ve ever mounted a set of Race Face cranks without forgetting the drive-side bushing.
After reading multiple warnings about how easy it is to strip the bleed plug on MT-7 levers, I promptly stripped the bleed plug on a brand new MT-7 lever. This was after trying to do a no-bleed line shortening. I got the compression nut finger tight against the olive then walked away to do something. Came back an hour later and grabbed a handful of brake, making it a must-bleed line shortening, which sucked because it didn’t have a Magura bleed kit.
Kudos for bringing us the Costanza thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
“Jerry, I can go bummer to bummer with anyone!”
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[QUOTE=Dumbest Known Time;6614117]Anyone have advice for what other kind of shit to litter the floor with so that any little bolt you drop in is more perfectly camouflaged? /QUOTE]
don't look for what you dropped, look at the floor and you will see what you dropped
Wait…… olives have a direction??Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgiaSnow
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Or did he put the olive downstream of the compression nut (not on the lever side, but on the caliper side)Quote:
Originally Posted by nickwm21
It wouldn't have gotten stuck then...Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Sram olives do have a right and a wrong direction.
Don't all the directional ones thread on, so they'll only go on one way?Quote:
Originally Posted by HAB
Ok.. Wooooosh…… That was a close oneQuote:
Originally Posted by HAB
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True. I feel more like his dad though, thrashing around and spit-yelling while I work on bikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
Also, some of you are not true idiots posting here. Just because you made a dumb mistake once or twice doesn't mean you belong in this thread. But I enjoy the company so no worries.
It took me a full bottle of fluid and 8 hours to bleed some SRAM G2s, including popping 3 different pistons out on accident. Do I qualify?
I buy large containers of mineral oil and tire sealant because more than half usually ends up on the floor of my garage.
I'd say yes. Were you trying to bleed them with your mouth or something instead of the amazing SRAM kit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Backward_Banana
So I haven't used the latest generation SRAM bleed kit, but in previous ones that's a bit of an oxymoron compared to the ease of shimano. With your 3rd hand tap the line to make sure you tap out the bubbles in the line as you hold a vacuum on both ends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andeh
I belong in almost any thread that has the word idiot in it! :FIREdevil
I'm still unclear on how this happened, but somehow my G2s don't have the bleeding edge, but my old Guide's did. Probably because I took them to a shop to replace (after I cracked 3 pistons on the guides, see a theme?) as there was no way I was gonna be able to swap them out myself.
You can thread them either way. I have never completed the install but have done it while staring blankly into space.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
Sram deleted the bleeding edge off of the R's, a true shame. The squishy lever should have been enough of a difference to the RS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backward_Banana
Dumb things done wrenching the last few years were (1) chew up a 2x/3x switch for an XT front shifter by trying to figure out how to switch it myself vs. reading the directions (2) spill mineral oil all over my rear brake doing the quick Shimano bleed where you overfill & leave the pads and wheel on.
Dumb thing on a ride last summer was I contaminated a brand new bb and possibly my wife's new hubs & bb too fording a river...wasn't thinking about it and just rolled the bikes through the water for something to lean on.
I built up my last frame (first one ever) and it took me forever. I think the most stressful part is ordering the right size of everything. After the 'expert' thread about my new frame and what shock it takes I called my mechanic and told him I have a frame for him to build because I'm an idiot! He's going to order all the parts and give it a pro build. I'm just going to fix shit when it breaks now...hopefully.
One time when I was a kid I put a full coating of tri flow on my rotors
Did they stop squeaking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Glad my idiocy got highlighted. Happy to serve the greater good. Whether I imagined it or forced it, I got that olive to thread on in the wrong direction for sure. Free beta for all. Hopefully going to grab a small self tapping screw to correct my mistake this afternoon.
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Rennsteig are the best screw extractors to buy, a good quality German made product. You can actually get them at Home Depot, although they are not always in stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgiaSnow
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I'll be over in the Ask The Expert thread if you need me. Or maybe I'll fire up the Tool Time thread again with some bike goodies.
Wrenching late night with a beer or two can be problematic.
Wait, is there another way?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Meconium
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Not unless you're being paid to do it IMO
Sometimes I drink whiskey instead of beer does that count?
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Yup. After a few drinks I broke some carbon handlebars while torquing down the brake levers on them. I thought I set my wrench to the proper spec but apparently that step slipped my mind and crack. Bars broken and my ride the next day was canceled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meconium
I can confirm a truck bumper is the perfect spot, then when you forget its there and drive away that "too many tools" problem gets solved one tool at a time. Have lost a Swiss army knife that way along with who knows how many other tools that I think I misplaced but actually lost off the truck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbest Known Time
You don't need shit all over the floor to lose stuff that is dropped either. There is some unexplained magnetic pull of small parts to the hardest/most unlikely spot to find them at.
If you think wrenching on bikes is frustrating try working on a moto. Mine are 15 and 25 yrs old. Seized bolts is an everyday discovery. I am realizing there is a reason why the service dept at most moto dealers refuse to work on bikes over 10 yrs old. Most recent experience was an oil change on my xr400. There are two points to drain oil from, the main reservoir in the downtube of the frame and the crankcase. Also a main oil filter and a couple screens. Was able to drain the main reservoir. Then tried to get the screen just below it out. First bolt came off easy. The second, I can't budge. Numerous applications of penetrating oil have not helped. Also couldn't get the other drain plug on the crankcase. Seems it is partially stripped, as the 12mm socket had a bit of play. Tried a 15/32 which is a small fraction smaller. It fit. Crank on it, and there was a big cracking noise. Thought the bolt broke free but no, that was the socket exploding. Split in numerous places around its edge. Do I buy a higher end socket and try again, or take it to my local moto guy? He is always backed up so it takes forever to get anything done. All for a fucking oil change.
I could easily add days worth of reading to this page with all my home mechanic fuck ups. As bad as mine are, I’m amazed at the times I’ve been bested by a shop. My favorite is a local shop pressing the wrong bearings into my bike frame, replacing fork seals and forgetting to tighten, front brakes, headset and stem. This was all a fun surprise when I got out of the woods from a trail job, picked up the bike and we rallied to Bellingham. Luckily I only went a couple hundred feet when I figured out some things were not as they should be. The wrong bearings pressed into the linkage however, took a couple days to figure out. I had to call all over WA to find the correct bearings. Found them at EVO, tore the bike down in the parking lot and they pressed the correct bearings into the linkage. That’s when I realized I’m plenty sufficient at fucking up my own stuff, no need to pay someone else to do it[emoji16]
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My favorite LBS fuckup is when a friend had a shop replace his threaded bottom bracket. Shop cross threaded the Shimano external BB and forced it all the way into the frame.
As manager/mechanic at LBS I couldn't believe the people the boss hired. I can't count the number of times I looked over and yelled, "Stop!" as the "mechanic" was breaking out a cheater bar to remove a left hand thread on a bb because "It moved a little, then stopped." or put a wrench on a pedal cause it wasn't going in easily. Fucking monkeys with no finesse, patience or skill in pretty much every shop these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra