My weekend of joy

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My weekend of joy

Post by ROBBIE » Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:40 am

It all started so well, headed of to do a Dorset green lane weekend, all routes sorted dirve down to Weymouth to meet the rest of the club. Things didnt feel right from the off, the pinion bearing has gone in the front diff, someone had locked 1 of the freewheeling hubs and as the diff wasnt the best it finished it off. So pulled the prop and decided to do the day in 2wd. Got to the meet point and the rear end started to make some nasty noises, think the bearing has gone or the shaft is knackered. It didnt even make one lane and I spent two days in a disco map reading
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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by suzukisteve » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:47 am

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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by turbo-tom » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:08 am

Ahh man that sucks bigtime!
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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:50 am

Sounds like it went well! time to pull out the spanners!
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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by Ladaman » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:24 pm

A bad time then, and two days in a Disco is just rubbing salt into the wounds!! :thumbdown:
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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by Jordi » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:40 pm

Sounds like a painful weekend bud.

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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by ROBBIE » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:23 pm

Yeah wasn't so bad in the disco. Im going to do one of the routes again as the two shiny motors didnt like the look of some of the lanes :roll: Bit too scratchy apparently. Will do the diff tomorrow hopefully but the rear will have to wait until my mate comes back of holiday so I can get on the drive
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Re: My weekend of joy

Post by dazerede » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:57 pm

:thumbdown: hope u get it sorted alright
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