You work on your truck at a motorcycle dealership?
I took the truck today, a 1975 Chevy stepside, to our Bike Blessing event at San Diego Harley-Davidson. About 2 miles from the shop, the exhaust noise changed noticeable, but the truck still made power and I didn't see any smoke. That's a good sign, right? So I pull into the dealership, set up our booth, and get to performing bike blessings as groups from the California H.O.G. Rally pull in.
A little later I get a break, so I go over to the truck to make sure nothing is falling off or there isn't a new big puddle underneath it. Turns out two out of the three bolts holding one of the exhaust flanges have backed out and gone away somewhere other than on my truck. No problem right? Call a friend who was coming by, have him bring ramps and tools, and move one bolt from the other exhaust flange to have two and two until I can get a replacement. Oops, one of those bolts is missing it's nut!
The good news is I'm at a Harley dealership, and they have fasteners. I get a replacement nut, slide under the truck (now up on ramps) and put the exhaust back together. With two bolts holding each side, truck made it home and I'll replace the bolts and add another nut on each bolt to lock them in place this weekend.
Not the project I planned to do, but I can sand the Sportster gas tank later in the day tomorrow and hopefully paint it next week.
Until then, have a great weekend riding!
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