I don’t use any grease or any type of penetrating oil on lugs

It can cause the torque to reduce as you drive the car. The lugs can slip off slightly despite being properly torqued.

Which probably won’t cause problems, however I’m a stickler for regulations tbh.

Oh I got the lug out with a sledge, vice and punch today.

Understood.

I had to have my thinwall for some chrome rims

Why not just wipe the grease off after you've removed the lugs?

Also, the lugs come off regularly for tire rotations. Anti-seize is for things that don’t get touched for a long time, like spark plugs.

Usually lugs only get screwed up when people use far too much torque or far too little.

^ This

Jiffy lube is a heathen organization and is responsible for every error I have to fix. Almost daily

(((Jiffy Lube)))

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Their shop *is* pretty echoey...

Check out my new dumpster score.. the float was upside down in the carb and the fuel filter was in backwards. Fixed that, cleaned the carb and tightened up a few things. Now it fires right up and runs great! 1977 pedal Batavus scooter.

Side note- I don't actually go around dumpster diving, I saw this sitting next to the dumpsters at work. I've also gotten multiple lawn mowers and various tools. People would rather buy something new than clean a carburetor or do a couple small repairs.

Nice

I would absolutely purchase that from you

Haha well it tops out around 27mph now, but there are a few mods you can do to get a bit more out of it (different exhaust, tweak the clutch, etc)

I'll let you know if or when I'm interested in selling it.

This is sitting in the corner of our main shop. I'm tempted to see if I can get it running.

It actually fired right up. I guess it was just sitting there because nobody wanted to ride it.

@Sonic want to race?

Oh, a trike. Gay

I just thought the contrast was funny. That trike will do 180. The bike might do 18.

Haha nice work @Der Seeteufel - SD !!

I'd say you could probably push 20-25mph

No thanks. I dumped it doing about 2mph. The handle bars came loose on me. I swear they were tight when I started. Luckily the bike fell on me and I didn't even scratch the paint I got a little bit of a scratch though. Check out the medical channel.

Oooof harsh..

Yeah I'm fine honestly I was more worried about the bike. My boss let me ride it, since I cleaned it all up for him but it's his dad's so it has sentimental value.

Damn that's quite a gash man!

Eh.. I've had worse. Not cuts, but I've broken 7 bones (5 at once) and have been burned pretty badly once. I'll be fine.

That car is missing a front wheel.

@JesseJames Do you think this patch is too close to the sidewall? Do I need a new tire?

I would replace it forsure. If you need to run it until Monday put it on the back. Plugs are only for temporary use anyway. But when it is that close to the sidewall a patch won’t stay anyway.

Sheiiiit

Sorry bro.

That's a blowout in the making.

@Der Seeteufel - SD That Whizzer looks awesome!

Can anyone tell me if a 600cc cruiser (Honda Shadow) has sufficient power to carry a passenger and still maintain highway speeds (80+mph)?