04-11-12, 12:20 PM
I had a serious mechanical faliure with my bike a couple of years ago. Knew something was big wrong instantly. Kill switch hit, coast to a stop, ring AA.
When the bloke eventually turned up, he wouldnt even entertain the idea of loading it onto the back off his wagon until we had tried to start it.
I told him something serious had gone wrong, thought it might be the cam chain tensioner, and trying to start it might make it worse.
No dice. So turned it over for a couple of secs before it just jammed up solid. On the truck and off we go.
Got home and checked it over, sure enough the spring in the cam chain tensioner had snapped. 9 bent inlet valves :eek
Thing is, it didnt jam up until he made me turn it over, so were the valves already fooked by then or did trying to start it finally do for them?
Guess I'll never know but still pisses me off :grumble
On the flip side, my old FJ 11 got knicked about 20 years ago. Plod rang the next day to say it had been found and recovered about 8 miles away.
Went to the recovery yard to pick it up and they charged me £50 for the recovery. When I asked them where it had been found it was only about 300
yards from their place :eek
AA brought me home for £27 yearly subscription. If the twating Plod had rung me first I would have saved 50 quid. Arseholes. And theres no excuse for getting it off the road asap cos I would have been there within 20 mins.
When the bloke eventually turned up, he wouldnt even entertain the idea of loading it onto the back off his wagon until we had tried to start it.
I told him something serious had gone wrong, thought it might be the cam chain tensioner, and trying to start it might make it worse.
No dice. So turned it over for a couple of secs before it just jammed up solid. On the truck and off we go.
Got home and checked it over, sure enough the spring in the cam chain tensioner had snapped. 9 bent inlet valves :eek
Thing is, it didnt jam up until he made me turn it over, so were the valves already fooked by then or did trying to start it finally do for them?
Guess I'll never know but still pisses me off :grumble
On the flip side, my old FJ 11 got knicked about 20 years ago. Plod rang the next day to say it had been found and recovered about 8 miles away.
Went to the recovery yard to pick it up and they charged me £50 for the recovery. When I asked them where it had been found it was only about 300
yards from their place :eek
AA brought me home for £27 yearly subscription. If the twating Plod had rung me first I would have saved 50 quid. Arseholes. And theres no excuse for getting it off the road asap cos I would have been there within 20 mins.
Its better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake.