Every day is a skool day...and there is nothing wrong with that. I try to learn something everyday....even if its just reading a book.......apparently helps keep the brain in good health.
But to some, mechanical Incompetence seems to be the norm.....
So im just wondering what's your best mechanical Incompetence save?
You know, chucked out for being "broken" when its actually fine or just put together "so wrong" it unbelievable, disguarded as scrap or working but not sure how....
Ive just been presented with a classic example of just this......which im kinda pissed and amused about in equal measure......pissed as it just about sums up my issues with the modern world, training, apathy and a throw away culture.....and funny....well its just so stupid it has to be.
Mate turns up with a pair of wheels....." rear....its knackered, hubs gone, do you want it for parts"....." ok" i say whats wrong with it?".
Transpires absolutely nothing, apparently the non drive cones keep coming loose and had been "Adjusted" by a well know retailer.......then kept coming loose every 30 or so miles.
" Its just done it again, shop says the hubs knackered and i need a new wheels., but they havent got anything good as its 26"
FFS! Had they not noticed the 2mm of spindle on the drive side and the now 8mm on the non.....? No....apparently not. Had they not noticed the drive side cones hidden in the freehub were only finger tight at best! No.....is the short answer.
So having taken the spindle out, respaced it, tightend the DRIVE SIDE CONES first and then the non dive.....its all fixed.
Well thats saved a perfect set of xt m750 hubs and a pair of 221 mavics from the bin!
What's you best save?
But to some, mechanical Incompetence seems to be the norm.....
So im just wondering what's your best mechanical Incompetence save?
You know, chucked out for being "broken" when its actually fine or just put together "so wrong" it unbelievable, disguarded as scrap or working but not sure how....
Ive just been presented with a classic example of just this......which im kinda pissed and amused about in equal measure......pissed as it just about sums up my issues with the modern world, training, apathy and a throw away culture.....and funny....well its just so stupid it has to be.
Mate turns up with a pair of wheels....." rear....its knackered, hubs gone, do you want it for parts"....." ok" i say whats wrong with it?".
Transpires absolutely nothing, apparently the non drive cones keep coming loose and had been "Adjusted" by a well know retailer.......then kept coming loose every 30 or so miles.
" Its just done it again, shop says the hubs knackered and i need a new wheels., but they havent got anything good as its 26"
FFS! Had they not noticed the 2mm of spindle on the drive side and the now 8mm on the non.....? No....apparently not. Had they not noticed the drive side cones hidden in the freehub were only finger tight at best! No.....is the short answer.
So having taken the spindle out, respaced it, tightend the DRIVE SIDE CONES first and then the non dive.....its all fixed.
Well thats saved a perfect set of xt m750 hubs and a pair of 221 mavics from the bin!
What's you best save?