Zen and the art of Peterbilt maintenance

[Exile]

The one thing I should have learned is : SLOW DOWN!!!

The motorcycle book of a similar name had one nugget in it, that if you are doing something, take your time and enjoy it, instead of getting in a rush.

while changing a shock, i made the bad decision to run the nut back on the stud with the impact.  And hammered it too many times getting it started, with the result of some nice new crooked threads.

And the stud is welded to the chassis.

Thank you uncle Lee, may you RIP, for leaving me a tap and die set with a fine thread 1/2” tap and die.

in my defense, all of the other nuts went on hard because of paint, but it was still all my fault.

BTW, I couldn’t finish the motorcycle book, written by a crazy dude about a crazy motorcycle rider.  But- that last might be redundant 😉

now to try to go get the die started straight on the crooked threads.  Sigh. . .  may you be more patient than me.

[mr. cob]

4 hours ago, Exile said:

The one thing I should have learned is : SLOW DOWN!!!

The motorcycle book of a similar name had one nugget in it, that if you are doing something, take your time and enjoy it, instead of getting in a rush.

while changing a shock, i made the bad decision to run the nut back on the stud with the impact.  And hammered it too many times getting it started, with the result of some nice new crooked threads.

And the stud is welded to the chassis.

Thank you uncle Lee, may you RIP, for leaving me a tap and die set with a fine thread 1/2” tap and die.

in my defense, all of the other nuts went on hard because of paint, but it was still all my fault.

BTW, I couldn’t finish the motorcycle book, written by a crazy dude about a crazy motorcycle rider.  But- that last might be redundant 😉

now to try to go get the die started straight on the crooked threads.  Sigh. . .  may you be more patient than me.

Howdy Exile,

One of the things that used to really tick me off when working was this, speed of production was prized, but this came at a price.  It seems like there was never enough time to do the job right but there was always enough time to remake the part, repair it or worst case just cobble it together and send it down the line.  I learned long ago that its always cheaper and in most cases faster for me to just take my time and do it right the first and only time.  Most times when I rush something it ends up costing me more money and taking more time.

Dave

[rickeieio]

On 8/1/2019 at 7:13 PM, Exile said:

now to try to go get the die started straight on the crooked threads.

Do you have a thread file?  If not, go get one.  No, get two, on in 'Murican and one in metric.  They're great for cleaning up the threads enough to get the die started.  Another trick is to take a nut of the same size and file several deep notches inside, and chase the original threads with that.