Found my missing socket
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2010
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I found a nice Mac claw tool/nut grabber on the cowl of my 1999 Tahoe when it went in for service. I've also found a nice Snap On ratchet in one of my previous cars.
It made me nervous to think that the mechanics were leaving valuable tools in the engine compartment of my vehicles. It made me think, "what else did they forget".
Glad you found your socket.
It made me nervous to think that the mechanics were leaving valuable tools in the engine compartment of my vehicles. It made me think, "what else did they forget".
Glad you found your socket.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 551
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From: japan
Ever work on your bike, put a tool down, and then forget where you left it? Ever search your garage floor on your hands and knees looking for where that damn tool rolled off to? This search took one year, but I found my 1/2 inch socket attatched to the bottom of my right vented lower right where I left it. Thousands of miles later that socket was still there. Unbelievable.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 16,125
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From: Linden New Jersey
Back some time ago, I was loosing screwdrivers at a clip of about 2 a month
Use to go nutz looking all over the garage floor, under the bike, under the trucks
Never found them...................until a few years later
My German Shepard was grabing them, and carring them to the backyard and chewing on them
Boy I miss her
Use to go nutz looking all over the garage floor, under the bike, under the trucks
Never found them...................until a few years later
My German Shepard was grabing them, and carring them to the backyard and chewing on them
Boy I miss her
Advanced
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 63
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From: Crestview, FL
BTW, did you happen to find a bunch of socks in there, too?
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Western South Dakota
That's what it seems that I do, have several of each that way it's not so hard to find, as you may get lucky and find 1 out of the three of what ever it is that you are looking for. . LOLOll
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2006
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I've done that a few times being a mechanic, but my most memorable on my Harley are after doing a major service when I got do & went for a test ride I had a terrific vibration & started to doubt my work, couple of months latter I was pulling off my left muffler & saw something chrome catch my eye. It was a socket that fell down between the frame & the engine, needless to say the vibration was gone. the other was a 1/4" Mac ratchet (just bought), snap on 6" extension & snap on deep 10mm socket. Could not find them anywhere, a few months latter I pulled the seat to do a good cleaning & there on the rear fender, ratchet hanging over the fender swinging away (when riding, you could see the marks on the fender) & still there. Glad you found it, I hate it when I loose tools.
Toby
Toby
Cruiser
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 240
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From: WA State
Maybe he's on to something. If the socket stayed on that long why not put a ring through it and attach it to the lowest part of the frame and call it a Gremlin Socket. It will keep the inexperienced dealer mechanics away from your bike.