Haha I hear ya

 

Ha ha, that's awesome!!

 

Did 'WAY more wrenching on racing outboards back in the day. Once I rebuilt 2 engines, bored cylinders, new Wiseco pistons 'n rings...but didn't fatten up the jets quite enough. 10 minutes later, well, you can guess. A very expensive lesson!

Now, at my age, it's all I can do to change my oil. But I still believe in that great American saying:

"If it's worth doing, it's worth OVERdoing!".

 

One of my favorite quotes goes like this. "There's never enough time to do it right. But there's always enough time to do it over."

 

Hurrying while putting on a rear tire.
Third time was a 'charm'.

I would have the wheel laying right, then I'd turn it over so I wouldn't
scuff the Chrome sprocket.

Enough to make me run screamin' into the night................

 

The total number of motorcycles, cars, trucks, and aircraft I've wrenched on would be in the hundreds, and dozens of odds and ends including a steam powered railroad switch car converted to diesel, too. I have no idea how many times I had to redo something, but I'm sure it would be double digit. Sometimes it's not your fault; with all the thousands of parts I've replaced, I had a few that failed immediately from manufacturing defects. I can say this though, I've fixed a lot more mistakes other people made than my own.

 

Seems like when I start turning wrenches Mr. Murphy likes to join in. He'll strip a nut, bugger some threads, always something.
Glad to know I'm not alone.

 

Honestly, I learn more when something doesn’t go together correctly causing me to go back and do it again. If I don’t pick up the little tricks the first time, what good was the job.

 

Well now I don't feel so bad after reading these responses. I was really thinking I need to back away from the bike and put the tools down.

 

"If it isn't broke, fix it until it is!"