Hmmmmm.
Leroy took his engine apart, looking for the reason of his bike suddenly quitting running while out riding with his pals Dumbass and Retardo.
He still hasn't found the problem, and thinks he's got some kind of mysterious, one-of-a-kind situation brewing, one that would stump even the most experienced engine techs.
Must be, no doubt.
Since yesterday ended up being a rainy day, I didn't go on my Sunday Pachaug rock pile ride.
Too bad, too, because I really missed it.
I even got the bike ready to go, but, once the time rolled around, it was obvious that the weather wouldn't let up.
Sure, I could have loaded the bike and riding gear up and left, but, my conscious told me to stay put and skip it, hoping for dry conditions next Sunday.
We'll see.
I did read some funny stuff on the usual motorcycle message boards, though.
One of the better ones has to do with a guy "with a lot of experience tearing down engines" looking for the reason his buddy's bike suddenly won't stay properly engaged in 3rd gear without making loud clacketty noises.
He took the engine apart, scratched his head, and said he couldn't see what was causing the trouble nor see any worn or damaged parts, so he posted on the message board looking for help in finding it.
After a couple posts back and forth, he posted a pic of a part called a shift fork.
The shift fork clearly showed damage from the gear it controls, with the gear being forced out of engagement due to worn things on the side of the gear called dogs.
The gear was being forcefully shoved to the side, grinding into the shift fork, and causing the clacketty-clack noise.
The amazing thing is, even after he saw the wear marks, took the pic of them, posted the pic, and talked about it, he still didn't see it as anything bad or unusual.
Hmmmmmm.
I guess he was expecting to see something like in the above pic, where there should have been shrapnel dispersed throughout the entire engine and the gears all in itty-bitty pieces laying at the bottom of the engine.
I guess tell-tale wear marks on the shift fork controlling 3rd gear wasn't obvious enough.
Sure, Lenny.
This kind of thing happens all the time - a guy has some kind of mysterious problem that he basically implies should not be happening because he's already ruled-out all of the logical possible causes.
It's almost as if the guy is saying that his bike is possessed by supernatural forces, and this problem is so strange and unique, all of the greatest engine techs (mechanics) on Earth probably couldn't figure it out since he hasn't been able to.
So, the guy will post back-and-forth on the message board, basically saying, "No, that can't be the cause of the problem..." whenever anybody suggests he investigate a very well-known possible cause for his particular ailment.
The end result is often the guy never coming back to tell everybody how the whole ball of wax turned out, leaving all of the the readers who followed the thread hanging, denying them the ability to learn what this particular goof's trouble really was.
Then, there are also times where the guy with the problem does come back to report how he actually got the trouble fixed, and is gracious enough to explain what the problem was and how it was repaired.
Usually, it winds up being something very basic, something that has to do with the fundamentals of a properly-functioning engine.
Wear marks gouged into the 3rd gear shift fork when you're having trouble with 3rd gear is a very good example.
We'll see how this story pans-out.
Off to jerk,
-John
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