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Message started by sunny on 05/18/05 at 15:49:36

Title: note to self
Post by sunny on 05/18/05 at 15:49:36

note to self:

having a clean (http://gallery.jokeaday.com/gallery/albup28/mess) workbench is important so that small (http://gallery.jokeaday.com/gallery/albup28/smallpart) parts that might be vital to performance do not get forgotten.

Edited by Susan: Subject header from "selk" to "self"

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by Oklahoma_Mike on 05/18/05 at 16:48:22

sooo true I have fallen prey to that one many times >:( 8)

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by bobo383 on 05/18/05 at 16:57:20

I do it, too, man! I'm also very accomplished at forgetting to hook up the distributor hot wire after yanking & replacing the dizzy on my old cars. I figger it out about the time I have to put the batt charger on.

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by Ed_L. on 05/18/05 at 17:01:02

A clean floor (yeah right) helps with finding the parts that jump off the work bench although a little clutter keeps the part from going far. The flat cardboard box that a case of beer comes in works great for carb parts during a rebuild.

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by gitarzan on 05/18/05 at 17:31:01

Also: Don't work on your bike in the grass, unless you've got a metal detector.

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by Jazzdude on 05/18/05 at 23:48:40

sunny wrote:

When I overhauled my carb, I put all of the small parts in small glass jars, plastic yogurt cups, etc. and labeled them if I felt I had to. Learned that years ago out of necessity! In my job [pipe organ technician], we do the same thing because there are many more screws, springs, and other small parts to track than in a carburetor.

Title: Re: note to selk
Post by sunny on 05/19/05 at 07:15:19

guys, there was linkage. the part i forgot was NOT small.

Title: Re: note to self
Post by Diane on 05/19/05 at 07:42:29

When I looked at picture #1 of the work bench I thought it was the back rest that you forgot.

Title: Re: note to self
Post by WD on 05/19/05 at 07:46:09

Clean work bench is a good idea, regardless of what you are working on...I "misplaced", okay, buried, a set of 77 HD Shovel HEADS and ROCKER BOXES on the counter at work earlier this week. For those who don't know, they are NOT small parts. Lost a late-model Chief wheel last week, found it Tuesday... Sad thing is, the shop is supposed to get cleaned every day. Found 40 new mufflers squirreled away in the corner as well. In front of one of the fire doors...

Savage boards members need to do a run to the shop... too much stuff. :P
-WD

Title: Re: note to self
Post by Kropatchek on 05/20/05 at 01:24:37

In my schooldays some years back I used to help-out a friend of my father's with overhauling/ repairing car engines.
When cleaning the workbench after we finished a V8 block I found a brandnew pistonpen lockring.
So opend up the engine again to discover that ALL the rings were in place. Turned out there had been 17 rings in the bag. :-[
That's one of the reasons for my clean workbench.

Happy wrenching

Greetz
Kropatchek ;D

Title: Re: note to self
Post by gazab44 on 05/20/05 at 01:29:31

Diane wrote:

When I looked at picture #1 of the work bench I thought it was the back rest that you forgot.

LOL to diane ;)

Title: Re: note to self
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/20/05 at 06:05:14

[quote author=Kropatchek link=board=RubberSideDown;num=1116456576;start=0#9 date=05/20/05 at 01:24:37]Turned out there had been 17 rings in the bag. :-[/quote]

LOL, don't ya hate it when you have unexpected leftover parts?

Title: Re: note to self
Post by Greg_650 on 05/20/05 at 06:20:43

My work bench is a concrete floor. That way, if I drop something, it is right where it should be :P