Please add your tips to this list.
Even fairly silly observations can be of huge help because even though we are each unique, we all make the same damned mistakes!!
Here are my first tips.
1. Tools: Buy the manual. Borrow it if you can't get one. Never start a job without some way of understanding what you're doing.
2. Knowledge: Read the section of the manual twice before you do anything. Read it once away from the bike and once while looking at the bike.
3. Tools: Clean the work space before you start anything. Sweep the floor, too. Good lighting really helps.
4. Tools: Keep all removed pieces in plastic bags with notes on the outside in marker. Use a new bag for each cluster of pieces.
5. Knowledge: Things can only be held together 2 ways. Mechanical or Chemical. Sometimes they are combined.
Mechanical: Nuts & Bolts & Screws, pressed fit, clips, tie wraps, etc.
Chemical: Glue, welding, rust (oxidization), painted over, etc.
Undo them using the right method(s) or suffer the consequences with a smile
Even fairly silly observations can be of huge help because even though we are each unique, we all make the same damned mistakes!!
Here are my first tips.
1. Tools: Buy the manual. Borrow it if you can't get one. Never start a job without some way of understanding what you're doing.
2. Knowledge: Read the section of the manual twice before you do anything. Read it once away from the bike and once while looking at the bike.
3. Tools: Clean the work space before you start anything. Sweep the floor, too. Good lighting really helps.
4. Tools: Keep all removed pieces in plastic bags with notes on the outside in marker. Use a new bag for each cluster of pieces.
5. Knowledge: Things can only be held together 2 ways. Mechanical or Chemical. Sometimes they are combined.
Mechanical: Nuts & Bolts & Screws, pressed fit, clips, tie wraps, etc.
Chemical: Glue, welding, rust (oxidization), painted over, etc.
Undo them using the right method(s) or suffer the consequences with a smile
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