Bolt under the sporty what would you have done?
#24
01-27-2010, 01:02 PM
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#25
01-27-2010, 01:25 PM
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(im going to relay that one to my dad, he'll dig it.)
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01-28-2010, 01:55 AM
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OMG...too funny...an instant classic!!!
#27
01-28-2010, 02:13 AM
Did you look to see if its from the bolt that holds the forks to the frame? I hear these fall off Sportsters all the time.
OR
Find another Sportster and toss it underneath it. When the girl comes out...... point it out, and see where she puts it.
J/K a pic might help.
Tech23
OR
Find another Sportster and toss it underneath it. When the girl comes out...... point it out, and see where she puts it.
J/K a pic might help.
Tech23
#28
01-28-2010, 02:35 AM
LOL! This funny to me because when I was wrenchin on cars for a living, my boss would brag about the way I could identify any bolt from any job I had done. Dunno how I did this, just seemed natural, although it amazed me also.
I kept bolts from jobs in a coffee can, usually under one of the wheels of the vehicle I was workin on at the time. When I picked a bolt out of the coffee can, I could indeed identify exactly which hole it came from.
This trait never seemed to carry over to anything else I did, so I couldn't really say I had a photographic memory, just with things I worked on.
I kept bolts from jobs in a coffee can, usually under one of the wheels of the vehicle I was workin on at the time. When I picked a bolt out of the coffee can, I could indeed identify exactly which hole it came from.
This trait never seemed to carry over to anything else I did, so I couldn't really say I had a photographic memory, just with things I worked on.
#29
01-28-2010, 02:43 AM
To the OP-- don't rule out the possibility that the bolt was there having fallen out or off of something passing by on the road and you just plain backed over it and parked there.
I can't think of many grease covered nuts on a bike-- were the threads shiny inside--should give a clue as to how "fresh" it was.... good luck-- sheesh.....
I can't think of many grease covered nuts on a bike-- were the threads shiny inside--should give a clue as to how "fresh" it was.... good luck-- sheesh.....
Last edited by V2Evo96; 01-28-2010 at 02:44 AM. Reason: correct smelling pistake
#30
01-28-2010, 10:42 AM
Mechaniced in a garage for 12 years and was the same way, i had an old pan, i threw everything in it during a tear down, going back together I would dig out the bolts and put them right back where they came out. never gave a thought to it till you just posted that. whats more amazing is i never had left overs like some guys do unless i replaced with new bolts that needed replaced.
Tossed a few extra bolts in my can when I was in the back. They all got a good laff, I got pissed cuz I knew damned well they weren't any that I had taken out. The boss insisted, and I got even more pissed. The customers left real quick, when they got the hint that I was gonna kick every one of 'ems ***! LOL! Funny now, thinkin back on it, we all laffed later about it, but the boss NEVER did that again!