02-11-12, 07:49 PM
Having two attempts at reassembling anything is pretty much normal as far as I'm concerned. :lol
Probably my worst mistake was forgetting to finish torqueing up the rear wheel spindle after a tyre change, nipped it up to the point where it was just tight enough to provide some decent friction whilst setting the chain tension... then headed off to work. After a few miles I opened the throttle and the bike was suddenly crabbing down the road sideways.
I've done the equivalent on the car too: puncture, change the wheel, do the nuts up finger tight, jack down, forget to torque the nuts up and off we go. Twenty miles later I'm wondering what that clunkety-clunk noise is. :rolleyes
Probably my worst mistake was forgetting to finish torqueing up the rear wheel spindle after a tyre change, nipped it up to the point where it was just tight enough to provide some decent friction whilst setting the chain tension... then headed off to work. After a few miles I opened the throttle and the bike was suddenly crabbing down the road sideways.
I've done the equivalent on the car too: puncture, change the wheel, do the nuts up finger tight, jack down, forget to torque the nuts up and off we go. Twenty miles later I'm wondering what that clunkety-clunk noise is. :rolleyes