Guy Mayers
08-01-2013, 21:01
1. Never leave anything resting on the top chassis rail even with the back clip off. (If you leave it there and close the clip you'll craze the gelcoat.) I left a cutting wheel there at the weekend that I am using to carefully slot the new struts. I managed to knock it off and heard clink as it dropped but not on the floor. An hour and a half later I'd stripped down the side of the engine to expose the cam belt and find it. Guess where it dropped? Yup, it had bounced off the side of the engine and ended up stuck in the bottom of the vented disc. Took an hour to put it all back together again. Half a day gone.
2. Put the nearside rear wheel back on tonight, well struggled in a confined space. Got it located on one stud but couldn't locate the rest so bent down to have a look through the bolt holes to see which way to rotate it. Yup, fell off the stud, clouted the old ear, bashed the other one on the garage wall. Stop laughing, it's hurty!
3. Finally got the wheel onto the studs, time to tighten up the brand new shiny nuts and see if the handbrake holds it! Yup, studs are too long (or the nuts too short). Off to eBay to source some longer ones next (or just plain nuts but I don't like leaving threads exposed)
4. Learn your lessons from the masters! Never ever leave anything on the top chassis rail!! Tonight it was a 10mm socket.... Clink! Not on the floor. Bright light, not in the disk, fortunately I spotted it underneath the offiside fuel tank after 5 minutes.
Time to give up for the night......
Guy
2. Put the nearside rear wheel back on tonight, well struggled in a confined space. Got it located on one stud but couldn't locate the rest so bent down to have a look through the bolt holes to see which way to rotate it. Yup, fell off the stud, clouted the old ear, bashed the other one on the garage wall. Stop laughing, it's hurty!
3. Finally got the wheel onto the studs, time to tighten up the brand new shiny nuts and see if the handbrake holds it! Yup, studs are too long (or the nuts too short). Off to eBay to source some longer ones next (or just plain nuts but I don't like leaving threads exposed)
4. Learn your lessons from the masters! Never ever leave anything on the top chassis rail!! Tonight it was a 10mm socket.... Clink! Not on the floor. Bright light, not in the disk, fortunately I spotted it underneath the offiside fuel tank after 5 minutes.
Time to give up for the night......
Guy