I'm one lucky dude

frostbite · 04-25-2007, 08:22 PM

I hit ~100km today on the new engine breakin and figured I should change the oil, check the plug, do some carb adjustments, etc... Anyway, when I'm done I roll the bike outta the shed, start'er up, pop it into first, give it some gas.....and nothing. Bike doesn't move an inch. I look down at the chain and it seems extremely loose but its still on the rear sprocket. I push the bike back into the shed and pull the cover off the countershaft.

Voila! Apparently when I installed the engine I forgot to tighten the bolts on the front sprocket and it just slid off the spline. 8O

The bolts and retainer clip were nowhere in sight. I'm sooo lucky it isn't funny.

I guess I'm taking the truck to work tomorrow.

Beavis · 04-25-2007, 08:29 PM

Been there-Done that. Sometimes after you're done laughing

, you realize you're lucky to be alive 8O .

willshoemaker · 04-25-2007, 08:30 PM

Sounds like my luck. Well I Don't really have any luck but... If I did.. Looks like your going to have fun trying to get some replacement parts eh?

Good Luck,
Will

frostbite · 04-25-2007, 08:34 PM

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Sounds like my luck. Well I Don't really have any luck but... If I did.. Looks like your going to have fun trying to get some replacement parts eh?

Not really, I'll have everything I need by tomorrow morning.

I have an easier time getting Lifan parts than Honda parts.

willshoemaker · 04-25-2007, 08:40 PM

Haha lucky man! Good job with the site by the way!

See ya,
Will

sheadouglas · 04-25-2007, 08:47 PM

Being new to the bike world, I've taken stuff apart on my bike and put it back together, and that's when I notice that I did something out of order or something like that. ya live ya learn

willshoemaker · 04-25-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sheadouglas

ya live ya learn

Then you get luvs....... haha sorry, saw it on a old commercial

maf119l · 04-26-2007, 12:07 AM

It's ok if you take something apart,put it back together and have parts left over.Its when you come up short on parts you have a real problem.

liverchip · 04-26-2007, 12:10 AM

The parts left over are just extras. If it runs normally then they're not necessary. Just consider it a design change! Yesterday I couldn't spell engineer, today I are one! My Grandpappy useded to say that!

SamM · 04-26-2007, 03:22 AM

Dude, that's very scary!

Penguini66 · 04-26-2007, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by maf119l

It's ok if you take something apart,put it back together and have parts left over.Its when you come up short on parts you have a real problem.

Been there...done that. Certainly an odd feeling when you get everything back together and you're like, "Wonder what this bolt was for?"

frostbite, you got lucky on this one. That's OK, I've done one thing stupider. When I first got my bike, I made sure to take the time to tighten every nut and bolt I could get my hands on before riding it. Then on one of my first rides, I come up to the end of a highway exit ramp after just testing the "top end" of the bike. I casually apply some pressure to the rear brake and NOTHING. I look back, and to my suprise, there's the rear brake caliper dangling by the brake hose. Guess I forgot to tighten those bolts.

John22j · 04-26-2007, 12:27 PM

I'm lucky too -- I put new brakes on my jeep the other day and must have forgot to torque the lug nuts after setting it back down.... I know I did it while the tire was raised, but kids came out and wanted to play and stuff so I must have got side tracked and not finished the job...

so anyway... going down the interestate yesterday at 70mph off comes my front driver side wheel. Ooooops!!!! :oops: I got off the road and stopped then here comes my tire and cars are stopping to not get hit by this flying weapon.... it rolled to a stop off on the shoulder without harming anyone. (Whew!)

Luckily my Jeep holds the spare tire on with lug nuts so I jacked up the jeep, put the tire back on with the lugs from the spare and drove her home. Needed a new rotor - no biggie.

I wish mine would have happend in the driveway like yours instead of on the highway -- but live and learn.... key word being live. (I'll take a little luck any day)

justinkr58 · 04-26-2007, 02:27 PM

k so once i owned a wrangler jeep, and put the hard top on and was in a hurry to drop buddy off at airport so i was not going to bolt it on he held one side down and me the other , so i drop him at the airport and accidentally got back on the highway and all was ok till a semi passed me and wooooshhhh , have you ever seen a hard top of a jeep fly off (in the rear view at 55 mph?

PolygonFla · 04-26-2007, 03:58 PM

Last summer I did a brake job on the Nissan Xterra and forgot to torque one of the bolts holding the calipers in place. It promptly worked its' way out and for three days I couln't figure out what was making that intermitant clanking noise.

I got the front end back up on the jack stands and found out that the calipers where banging against the inside of the rim.

04-25-2007, 08:22 PM	#1
frostbite Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posts: 1,744	I'm one lucky dude I hit ~100km today on the new engine breakin and figured I should change the oil, check the plug, do some carb adjustments, etc... Anyway, when I'm done I roll the bike outta the shed, start'er up, pop it into first, give it some gas.....and nothing. Bike doesn't move an inch. I look down at the chain and it seems extremely loose but its still on the rear sprocket. I push the bike back into the shed and pull the cover off the countershaft. Voila! Apparently when I installed the engine I forgot to tighten the bolts on the front sprocket and it just slid off the spline. 8O The bolts and retainer clip were nowhere in sight. I'm sooo lucky it isn't funny. I guess I'm taking the truck to work tomorrow. __________________ Frostbite "The beatings will continue until moral improves"
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04-25-2007, 08:30 PM	#3
willshoemaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Posts: 41	Sounds like my luck. Well I Don't really have any luck but... If I did.. Looks like your going to have fun trying to get some replacement parts eh? Good Luck, Will __________________ Ride It Like You Stole It. "Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based lifeforms to monitor their own decay."
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04-25-2007, 08:40 PM	#5
willshoemaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Posts: 41	Haha lucky man! Good job with the site by the way! See ya, Will __________________ Ride It Like You Stole It. "Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based lifeforms to monitor their own decay."
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04-26-2007, 12:07 AM	#8
maf119l Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: perkinston,ms Posts: 296	It's ok if you take something apart,put it back together and have parts left over.Its when you come up short on parts you have a real problem. __________________ yamaha vstar 650,unknown chinese 4 wheeler,johnny pag 250 spyder,lifan gy-5
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04-26-2007, 12:10 AM	#9
liverchip Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mystery Spot Posts: 1,223	The parts left over are just extras. If it runs normally then they're not necessary. Just consider it a design change! Yesterday I couldn't spell engineer, today I are one! My Grandpappy useded to say that! __________________ 2009 XR650L Big Red Pig Tusk bar risers 2007 X-Moto(Jetmoto) GY250 --mods--- 15/40 sprockets UNI Pod Filter 2007 Shineray TMS 200XYi--Betsy Betsy Mods:______________________ Acerbis DHH headlight FMF Powercore pipe Uni Pod Filter
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04-25-2007, 08:29 PM	#2
Beavis Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northwoods of Wisconsin Posts: 32	Been there-Done that. Sometimes after you're done laughing , you realize you're lucky to be alive 8O .
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04-25-2007, 08:47 PM	#6
sheadouglas Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Posts: 349	Being new to the bike world, I've taken stuff apart on my bike and put it back together, and that's when I notice that I did something out of order or something like that. ya live ya learn
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04-26-2007, 03:22 AM	#10
SamM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,194	Dude, that's very scary! __________________ 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOAB 2005 BMW E53 X5 2011 Schutt Industries LTT-HC LQG trailer 2017 Coleman CT200U 1978 Yamaha SR500E 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special II
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04-26-2007, 12:27 PM	#12
John22j Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 289	I'm lucky too -- I put new brakes on my jeep the other day and must have forgot to torque the lug nuts after setting it back down.... I know I did it while the tire was raised, but kids came out and wanted to play and stuff so I must have got side tracked and not finished the job... so anyway... going down the interestate yesterday at 70mph off comes my front driver side wheel. Ooooops!!!! :oops: I got off the road and stopped then here comes my tire and cars are stopping to not get hit by this flying weapon.... it rolled to a stop off on the shoulder without harming anyone. (Whew!) Luckily my Jeep holds the spare tire on with lug nuts so I jacked up the jeep, put the tire back on with the lugs from the spare and drove her home. Needed a new rotor - no biggie. I wish mine would have happend in the driveway like yours instead of on the highway -- but live and learn.... key word being live. (I'll take a little luck any day) __________________ '20 RPS Magician 250 '06 Hensim (Tierra) DB150-2 '06 X-Treme 70cc pitbike '02 Kawasaki KX125
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04-26-2007, 02:27 PM	#13
justinkr58 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: mn Posts: 183	yea k so once i owned a wrangler jeep, and put the hard top on and was in a hurry to drop buddy off at airport so i was not going to bolt it on he held one side down and me the other , so i drop him at the airport and accidentally got back on the highway and all was ok till a semi passed me and wooooshhhh , have you ever seen a hard top of a jeep fly off (in the rear view at 55 mph?
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04-26-2007, 03:58 PM	#14
PolygonFla Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida USA Posts: 196	Last summer I did a brake job on the Nissan Xterra and forgot to torque one of the bolts holding the calipers in place. It promptly worked its' way out and for three days I couln't figure out what was making that intermitant clanking noise. I got the front end back up on the jack stands and found out that the calipers where banging against the inside of the rim.
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