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Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67
Subject: Re: I did a massive stupid. Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:08 am
Back in the day I did exactly the same thing. Bursting the socket just sez you have a shitty tool kit!
Make sure that the whack hasn't loosened the nut, (I did!) if it's loose, tighten it up till you fart!
If you'd just serviced the bike and hadn't pre-filled the oil filter the 'Service' warning is likely related to that.
The fact that it now sounds fine means that the greatest LIKELYHOOD is you've taken a bit of paint off the frame, may have a loose crank pulley nut and need a better toolkit.
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Bill Hagan GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1738 Join date : 2014-07-03
Subject: Re: I did a massive stupid. Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:24 am
Pete Roper wrote:
Back in the day I did exactly the same thing. Bursting the socket just sez you have a shitty tool kit!
Make sure that the whack hasn't loosened the nut, (I did!) if it's loose, tighten it up till you fart!
If you'd just serviced the bike and hadn't pre-filled the oil filter the 'Service' warning is likely related to that.
The fact that it now sounds fine means that the greatest LIKELYHOOD is you've taken a bit of paint off the frame, may have a loose crank pulley nut and need a better toolkit.
Isn't the moral of that terrible tale, Pete -- which might well have happened to me -- that low-quality tools might be better (in such limited cases!) than top-shelf ones?
Bill
lcjohnny GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1470 Join date : 2016-01-25 Age : 69
Subject: Re: I did a massive stupid. Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:27 am
Bill Hagan wrote:
Isn't the moral of that terrible tale, Pete -- which might well have happened to me -- that low-quality tools might be better (in such limited cases!) than top-shelf ones? Bill
I think the moral of tale is that you have both used up the one of your nine lives to do with high velocity projectiles
pjm GRiSO Capo
Posts : 91 Join date : 2014-03-10 Age : 69
Subject: Re: I did a massive stupid. Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:42 am
I did the same thing on my laverda many moons ago,It put a dent in the roof of the garage and could have caused me serious damage if i was on that side of the bike.Never did that again,Lucky(stupid) or what
Lazlokovacs Don Abbondio
Posts : 310 Join date : 2015-08-20
Subject: Re: I did a massive stupid. Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:59 pm
did it on my lemans once, luckily the starter was marginal at the best of times and barely managed to throw the ratchet across the garage
Subject: I did a massive stupid. 
Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:22 am
-- that low-quality tools might be better (in such limited cases!) than top-shelf ones? 
