25-07-14, 11:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-07-14, 11:22 PM by lew600fazer.)
This one is aimed at Paul, why are you getting personal??All I did was ask a question and now I am getting slagged off. You said I do not seem to be the sort of person capable of drilling holes in bolt heads.
Well lets see now I am getting on a bit in years pushing 66 now. I have an engineering background for the last 50 years.
I served my apprenticeship as a tool maker, 5 years that lasted. I actually made machine parts etc!
I then entered the Merchant Navy in 1969 as a Junior Engineer and progressed through the ranks. I was a slow starter as in bothering to get professional qualifications. I was happy plodding along as a 3rd engineer.
Having worked with several people on a higher pay scale and younger than me and who where serving as 2nd Engineers and in a few cases Chief engineers a lot of whom were very good at what they did. There were a few idiots. So I decided to improve my professional qualifications gaining my Class 2 engineering certificate and going on to gain my Chief Engineers certificate in 1999.
Now a certain Shipping company 12 years ago decided that they would trust me by making me Chief Engineer on Crude oil Carriers, Product Carriers, Chemical Carriers, Roro ferrys ,LPG gas carriers, LNG Gas carriers. I spent 2 years overseeing the construction of 3 LNG Carriers in ship yards in China.
Now I will admit that over the years I may have lost perhaps a wee bit of hands on experience, BUT I think I could manage to drill a couple of holes in a bolt, also I would understand why I would want to do it.
Also will still run with the racing guys will pair wire there brake bolts, why NOT especially seeing as you do not need to remove the calipers to change the brake pads.
Or have I been miss informed and Marriotts motorcycles of Birkenhead are talking a load of shite.
See there reply below as I asked them if they checked the bolts when they changed my pads. Now I will admit I am not any great shakes at being a motorcycle mechanic as I have never really had the time or the interest. I will be taking more of an interest now. I am not impressed that they did not service the pistons etc! while replacing the pads. In their defence though I was pushing them to crack on as I was travelling down to Dover from Birkenhead (325 miles) and onward down through France and finally Spain 1800 odd miles
I have spoken to martin regarding the calliper bolts and he’s confirmed that the callipers where not removed whilst changing the pads, the pads pull out from the rear of the calliper once the pin is removed.
Now Paul just wondering what your enineering background is, qualifications and years of experience?
Do I think I could or am capable of drilling a hole in the head of a bolt, yea I reckon I could. I reckon I could even make the fecking bolts.Oh I am not getting personal here just curious.
Well lets see now I am getting on a bit in years pushing 66 now. I have an engineering background for the last 50 years.
I served my apprenticeship as a tool maker, 5 years that lasted. I actually made machine parts etc!
I then entered the Merchant Navy in 1969 as a Junior Engineer and progressed through the ranks. I was a slow starter as in bothering to get professional qualifications. I was happy plodding along as a 3rd engineer.
Having worked with several people on a higher pay scale and younger than me and who where serving as 2nd Engineers and in a few cases Chief engineers a lot of whom were very good at what they did. There were a few idiots. So I decided to improve my professional qualifications gaining my Class 2 engineering certificate and going on to gain my Chief Engineers certificate in 1999.
Now a certain Shipping company 12 years ago decided that they would trust me by making me Chief Engineer on Crude oil Carriers, Product Carriers, Chemical Carriers, Roro ferrys ,LPG gas carriers, LNG Gas carriers. I spent 2 years overseeing the construction of 3 LNG Carriers in ship yards in China.
Now I will admit that over the years I may have lost perhaps a wee bit of hands on experience, BUT I think I could manage to drill a couple of holes in a bolt, also I would understand why I would want to do it.
Also will still run with the racing guys will pair wire there brake bolts, why NOT especially seeing as you do not need to remove the calipers to change the brake pads.
Or have I been miss informed and Marriotts motorcycles of Birkenhead are talking a load of shite.
See there reply below as I asked them if they checked the bolts when they changed my pads. Now I will admit I am not any great shakes at being a motorcycle mechanic as I have never really had the time or the interest. I will be taking more of an interest now. I am not impressed that they did not service the pistons etc! while replacing the pads. In their defence though I was pushing them to crack on as I was travelling down to Dover from Birkenhead (325 miles) and onward down through France and finally Spain 1800 odd miles
I have spoken to martin regarding the calliper bolts and he’s confirmed that the callipers where not removed whilst changing the pads, the pads pull out from the rear of the calliper once the pin is removed.
Now Paul just wondering what your enineering background is, qualifications and years of experience?
Do I think I could or am capable of drilling a hole in the head of a bolt, yea I reckon I could. I reckon I could even make the fecking bolts.Oh I am not getting personal here just curious.
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