Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Anyone missing a 8mm sockett

[Felix]

Originally posted by Paul James
No way you've done any real mileage with a small socket like that rattling about in the inlet tract mate, you sure they aren't winding you up ??. It would be small enough to work it's way round and sit on the back of the valve and would do serious damage before long, the valves are whacking up and down at a hell of a rate and even with standard cams there's a fair old lift.

I'd have to agree Paul. I mean 6000 miles !! No way! Hence my question if they use Snap-on tools themselves.

[Fordie]

Paul , as odd as it sound when they rang me to tell me about it ,the first thing he asked was did i use SnapOn tools ,not being an owner of this brand I said no,i got the impression they didnt either. The most work on the bike that I would do normally is Oil changes.First of all they thought about photographing it to show me where it lay, they were very seriously concerned about it and wondered if I had not heard or felt any thing untoward when riding the bike. I think them to be more proffesional to go down the wind up road. The belts were changed about 3000 miles ago .4D

[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Fordie]

[Mark]

The Phantom Socket Fairy put it there!!

[Glyn]

i'll have it if no one else wants it

[skidlids]

Originally posted by Paul James

Used to be a guy that ran a small bike shop over in Buckingham, had a 916 and rode it like a total nutter (ex racer). He was giving it large down the Aylesbusy to Buckingham road when the throttle jammed open at full volume. After a 140mph panic attack he had the sense to turn off the ignition. Took the tank off when he couldn't find any external reason for the sticking and found one of those orrible mesh filters from the nose cone had become detached and found it's way into the inlet, jammed the butterfly wide open !.

That would be Ian then (Keith Heuwens old team mate), he does have some bad luck, only last week he phoned to ask me to keep a eye out for a CRF450, Husky 610 and the Snap-on tools that were stolen from his garage, after some scum remover the roof tiles disabled the alarm blacked out the windows and greased the garage door runners.
Shall I inform him we may have found one of the Snap-on sockets