What's the dumbest/silliest thing you have done while servicing/working on your Dyna?
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What's the dumbest/silliest thing you have done while servicing/working on your Dyna?
I can't think of anything at the moment but I'm sure I will chime in later when I remember. What's your story?
Edit: Not a Dyna but I was trying to put my 500 lb Kawasaki on the jack stands and the bike fell on its right side. WHAM!!!! Surprisingly, not a single bit of damage- not even a tiny scratch. This was right after my stroke though, and I was still weak.
Edit: Not a Dyna but I was trying to put my 500 lb Kawasaki on the jack stands and the bike fell on its right side. WHAM!!!! Surprisingly, not a single bit of damage- not even a tiny scratch. This was right after my stroke though, and I was still weak.
Last edited by SixDD; Aug 2, 2017 at 03:05 PM.
Putting the intake gaskets/flanges on backwards was a pretty stupid mistake, but by far the dumbest thing I've done was leaving the primary gear locking tool (the one that looks like little steps) in the primary and buttoning it all up. Made a hell of a racket and a terrible mess, but didn't damage anything other than I wasted a quart of fluid.
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Not me or a dyna, but definately an entertaining read that someone could do here one day lol.
http://www.gixxer.com/forums/27-anything-goes/226570-bike-wont-start-after-using-nos-fuel-additive.html#/topics/226570
http://www.gixxer.com/forums/27-anything-goes/226570-bike-wont-start-after-using-nos-fuel-additive.html#/topics/226570
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Thought I drained the engine oil, turns out I didnt, overfilled with amsoil. Had to drain all my new oil and refill with more amsoil, an expensive mistake. After that, the bike sounded like ****. Valve train noise was much worst. Went back to mobil 1.
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I forgot to fill a 95 Z28 with oil during an oil change. Went to go to the store, and remembered halfway to the store that the car didn't have any oil in it, drain plug was still out. I turned around real quick and crept home. No noticeable damage...whew!
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Drained oil, forgot to put plug back in, put in SYN3 , all drained back out into my dirty oil pan.
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Stripped the oil plug threads in the pan. Changed oil another 29 times, with those same stripped threads.
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