deckofficer
Banned
Hi to all on the forum,
I'm writing this so that others do not compound bad judgement like I did this weekend. If your ride looses (2) cylinders, heed the vibration, suck up the wounded pride and accept the offer of the chase vehicle to trailer your ride. I kept going and 25 miles after losing two jugs the vibration rattled out my hairpin bolt (I know, no safety nut) it was dragging on the freeway just waiting to catch and flip me. Again the trailer was offered to me, and my stupid pride just had me reattach the hairpin with a smaller bolt, nut and washer. The final drama was about 80 miles after I lost the hairpin to vibration, my steerimg box assy completly backed out of the box and lost steering. Still able to get home but I plead with the rest of you, don't push on with a ride that is vibrating. I didn't even consider all the stuff that is truly safety related that can get loose in no time.
I'm writing this so that others do not compound bad judgement like I did this weekend. If your ride looses (2) cylinders, heed the vibration, suck up the wounded pride and accept the offer of the chase vehicle to trailer your ride. I kept going and 25 miles after losing two jugs the vibration rattled out my hairpin bolt (I know, no safety nut) it was dragging on the freeway just waiting to catch and flip me. Again the trailer was offered to me, and my stupid pride just had me reattach the hairpin with a smaller bolt, nut and washer. The final drama was about 80 miles after I lost the hairpin to vibration, my steerimg box assy completly backed out of the box and lost steering. Still able to get home but I plead with the rest of you, don't push on with a ride that is vibrating. I didn't even consider all the stuff that is truly safety related that can get loose in no time.