A couple of weeks ago there was a fairly extensive discussion here about turnbuckle lock nuts. I chimed in saying, in short, that I had been all over Baja with my Grandby and never had a serious loose turnbuckle episode and therefore thought it was all a non-issue.
Well I'm back in Baja and last week found my right rear TB to be completely missing!! I'd checked it one week before but had not bothered to cinch up the locknut.
So I take back all my wise remarks. You were right.
At the moment I have a scrounged piece of cable holding down the right rear and yesterday I found a TB in Santa Rosalia. So I'll be putting that on as soon as I can finish this Corona and get out of this lounge chair on the beach. (Well . . . maybe tomorrow.)
Turnbuckle Mea Culpa
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bobg333
, Nov 02 2010 09:37 PM
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Posted 02 November 2010 - 10:11 PM
So I'll be putting that on as soon as I can finish this Corona and get out of this lounge chair on the beach. (Well . . . maybe tomorrow.)
That is not what a person wants to read sitting at work!
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Posted 02 November 2010 - 10:25 PM
Said the guy online at work.That is not what a person wants to read sitting at work!
Oh wait, so am I. Nevermind.
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Posted 02 November 2010 - 10:50 PM
Ditto. But I work from home, does that make a difference?Said the guy online at work.
Oh wait, so am I. Nevermind.
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Posted 03 November 2010 - 12:09 AM
I once had great difficulty installing a specialty starter motor in a sports car. When I called the manufacturer they said "Oh yes - that is what we call a 3 beer job."
Turnbuckles are at most a one beer job but that is for all four.
Turnbuckles are at most a one beer job but that is for all four.
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