I am a tit.

warped one · Banned Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Karma :

Ok sol changed the brake pads on the GT on Tuesday night, thought I had them sorted, after the hassel of stuck bolts and such like. So get the other 2 calpiers sorted and ride it, making a unusual scrathing noise and a knocking when using the front brake to slow down from 10mph to a stop (use engine brake the rest of the time) so anyway get home tonight after 2 days of annoyance, and check the suspicious brake caliper and fvck me the brake pad was missing on one side, so as you do took of the caliper and had a look and what I saw was a complete and utter annoyance. When old tit head here put the caliper back on he some how managed to get both the pads on oneside of the disk, so when I braked the disk was rubing on the back of the caliper and the back of the brake pad. Luckily I think I caught it just in time, as it has barely scratched the caliper. I feel dumb.

Anyone else done something as stupid as this?

Cheers

Warped
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Raf · Spanner Monkey Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Karma :

Thats quite hilarious.
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cal91 · Nearly there... Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Karma :

I am so confused on how thats even possible Laughing

How the hell did you manage to do that? Thats hilarious.
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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

I did it once. Check the brake disc for any damage, and grind back any flaky bits with a dremel. Damage will disappear in 1000 miles. Caliper can be cleaned up with a file.

Did you have the issue of massive discs on small wheels, and fuck all clearance to refit the caliper?

warped one · Banned Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Karma :

Robby, yes I do, there some thing like 250 disks on a 14inch wheel so no room to monover, and the only way i found out was by getting down on my hands and knees and shining a light from the other side through the wheel and on to the back of te disk and even then I only managed to see what was up because I could see the holes in the disk.

And to you all laughing at my stupid mistake, just to make it even funnier when I did that one I wasshowing Clo how to change pads Embarassed

so go on laugh away lol I am.

One of my other spectacualar achievements was managing to fit a Rear wheel in the wrong way and only realised when trying to fit the chain to the disk, luckily there was noone around to notice lol Embarassed

Come on don't be shy.

Cheers

Warped
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baldy · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Karma :

I did the same thing on my first scooter, apart from i shot down the road, went to stop at the junction and found that i had feck all brakes and i went straight into the bushes opposite.

A while ago i was changing the c&s on the xr, all went well, fitted and lubed perfectly so i took it out for a test ride. Every time i accelerated the bike wanted to sort of 'crab' sideways. When i stopped to inspect i noticed that i'd forgot to put the axle nut on and the axle was half way out. Doh!

I bashed it back in the best i could and steadily rode home secretly screaming at myself in my lid.

Now i always check that it's tight twice before i go.
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

im thinking that the warped one should stop doing diy, and leave it to a professional
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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

You plank!

Although a friend (who by the way is as dumb as you sound) once refitted the rear wheel of his GSXR600 K1 minus one large wheel spacer. He did however find it at the end....but decided he didn't know what it was and as the wheel 'looked' okay, he wouldn't investigate where it had come from. Shocked

So next rideout he stops and mentions a real bad 'wobbling'. I rode it for 300 yards and nearly died laughing.. it was totally unrideable.

He managed to fuck the gearbox output bearing and wheel bearings completely. Knobhead.
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Cigaro · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Karma :

Surprised the calliper would even fit over the disc with two pads in the way.

The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

CHRI5 of here was fixing my caliper on my mountain bike and put the pads back in the wrong way round so it was metal on metal.

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bikedemon99 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Karma :

Man I just fell about laughing, that is so f**king funny, good job you didnt need your brakes big time, If you'd been in an accident the traffic police would have fell about laughing and banned you from motorcycle maintanance for life, hey we all make mistakes and that one is a cracker, should have went to specsavers ha ha ha ha

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cal91 · Nearly there... Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Karma :

Okay, I will share too Cool

When I was 15 and just got my first scooter. I thought I would service my scooter myself. So off I went taking everything apart, then I thought I would clean my air filter.

So after cleaning this foam air filter for ages, it needed re-oiling. Me being a thick shit decided that if I used a small amount of 2-stroke oil it would be a cheaper job than buying some proper air filter oil! (Sorted Laughing

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Yeah I looked mint when my scooter wouldn't pull away when cold, and was a bugger to start! But I never thought anything of it.

I actually sold the bike still like that Rolling Eyes

Took me a while after untill I actually realised what the problem was. Now I just hope the new owner finds/found the problem.
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

That's really quite spectacular Smile

My closest equivalent was after having changed the carb on my 125, I rode to lakeside and back; on the return journey, it bogged like a bastard once I got over 5k rpm. Deeply frustrating for the other rider, on his Bandit 1200 - we could only go at about 45 because of the bogging.
Anyway: I discovered two days later that I'd forgotten to do up the jubilee clip on the connection between the carb and the airbox: it had shifted about a centimetre out, and was blocking off about 40% of the air intake.

I felt a right spoon for that one...
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OssY · Nearly there... Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Karma :

Were you drinking by any chance warped???

warped one · Banned Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Karma :

Strangely enough no, hmm maybe I should have been. But I had actually had a really mind numbing and tough day at work so I was really tired and the old fluff wasn't working that day, but i'm generally quite good at maintainace, but hwat the hey we live to learn and you lot love to laugh.

Cheers

Warped
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