Found my missing socket
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Road Warrior
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From: Atlanta, GA
Found my missing socket
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.
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Reminds me
reminds me of the time I left my flashlight on the bumper of my pickup truck, and drove about 8 miles and as I started to merge onto a bigger highway, I looked out my left mirror for oncoming traffic and saw a flashlight rolling across the road. Stopped and got it, and it still worked but had some road rash.
Road Warrior
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From: Wisconsin
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.
Were you using the blue or the red Loctite?
Seriously, I was installing some mid-frame heat deflectors and dropped one of the screws, it never hit the floor so I knew it was somewhere on the motor. I looked for a hour and even stuck a magnet in every little crevice I could see. But, no screw. So, I went through my tool box and found another one that would work, put it in and called it good. I figured the missing screw would fall out in the first mile or so.
Two months later I was wrapping the cable for my battery tender and spotted the screw sitting loosely on top of the tranny case. How does that happen?
Mike
Seriously, I was installing some mid-frame heat deflectors and dropped one of the screws, it never hit the floor so I knew it was somewhere on the motor. I looked for a hour and even stuck a magnet in every little crevice I could see. But, no screw. So, I went through my tool box and found another one that would work, put it in and called it good. I figured the missing screw would fall out in the first mile or so.
Two months later I was wrapping the cable for my battery tender and spotted the screw sitting loosely on top of the tranny case. How does that happen?
Mike
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From: WV
I was in the driveway one day working on my car, had to call the auto parts store to see if they had a part in stock. Hopped in my truck and drove 5 miles to the store, then I went to the gas station and filled the truck up. When I came out of the store I thought "what the hell is that on my bumper?". Turns out it was the cordless phone that I had called the parts store with.
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