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Sorry to hear that.. but all too common..
Sorry to hear that.. but all too common..
Bad vibes, GL1500
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On the recent ride to and from Montrose I had a pretty nasty vibration whenever the bike was running much over 75mph. At 80mph the shaking was pretty rough. I suspected the rear tire because I'd balanced my front tire before departing on the trip. The rear tire was recently mounted on the wheel by a local shop who charged me for the mounting and balancing. Today I pulled the wheel and discovered that there were 3/4oz. in wheel weights all nicely located very close to the heaviest part of the wheel/tire combination. That's been corrected now and the bike should be able to run over a ton smoothly again. Just goes to show you that it's really up to the owner to be sure that the work a shop does is correct.
On the recent ride to and from Montrose I had a pretty nasty vibration whenever the bike was running much over 75mph. At 80mph the shaking was pretty rough. I suspected the rear tire because I'd balanced my front tire before departing on the trip. The rear tire was recently mounted on the wheel by a local shop who charged me for the mounting and balancing. Today I pulled the wheel and discovered that there were 3/4oz. in wheel weights all nicely located very close to the heaviest part of the wheel/tire combination. That's been corrected now and the bike should be able to run over a ton smoothly again. Just goes to show you that it's really up to the owner to be sure that the work a shop does is correct.
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sandiegobrass wrote:
Well sir...the drain plug was soooooo tight I had to use a breaker bar and worry about stripping the hex off the head, and the filter??? Well, there again, soooooo tight I had to try my strap wrench, then my channel locks. Yup...I ended up WEARING all the oil in that crumpled-up oil filter!!!
Guess I can't trust "Mr. Badwrench" in these parts to do ANYTHING right!! :gunhead: :waving:
sandiegobrass wrote:
Yes, we just bought a swell old Buick from a GM dealer, who did change the oil/filter. With me believing that they use "bulk" oil from a large drum, I set about changing the oil/filter so I would know what was in there.
Well sir...the drain plug was soooooo tight I had to use a breaker bar and worry about stripping the hex off the head, and the filter??? Well, there again, soooooo tight I had to try my strap wrench, then my channel locks. Yup...I ended up WEARING all the oil in that crumpled-up oil filter!!!
Guess I can't trust "Mr. Badwrench" in these parts to do ANYTHING right!! :gunhead: :waving:
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