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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 12:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When you're a retard and forget to loosen the pinch bolts. : |
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Birdmanrh
Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 01:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea, I watched a tech do that one day with my bike.....
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 09:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Been there.
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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 09:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When you're a retard and forget to loosen the pinch bolts.

Why? You know someone who has done that lately?
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Scooter808484
Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 03:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

35 ft lbs is a lot of torque on a oil drain plug too!!
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 02:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"You know someone who has done that lately?"

Damn Buell Techs!

What's worse, he was using my tools in my garage wearing my underwear and sleeping with my wife!

You just can't trust these guys!
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Terrible1one3
Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 04:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It is also a bitch to take off, even if you remember the pinch bolt, if the damn tech doesn't coat the pinched part with any type of anti seize and you have to put a hitch receiver in your already large half inch drive socket wrench to break the goddamn thing loose!

(Message edited by Terrible1One3 on October 03, 2007)
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Terrible1one3
Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 04:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I am referring to the last time I had my rear tire changed and I just brought the bike to the shop. This time I am just bringing a new tire and the wheel to the shop! I have learned my lesson. And thanks buell for making drive train tension and wheel alignment 2 more things I don't have to worry about when switching the rear :-)
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Paul56
Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 12:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Its also a bitch to install if you are putting on a new belt for "insurance" before a long ride and want to take the 35K one for a spare and the new one is just THAT MUCH shorter than the nicely worn-in old one and you can't quite get the axle in far enough to engage the threads. Whew! How's that for a run on sentence? (Resolution: have wife brace left side of swing arm with foot while you push the axle like hell and turning at the same time (all nicely coated in anti-sieze, of course)).
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Jmhinkle
Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 02:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Try taking it off when your swingarm is tweaked and there was no Anti-seize on it. That was my pain. She is back today with a new rear end and so far seems right. I will get a good ride in tomorrow to really test it out.
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