10-20-2021, 07:11 AM
Don't need knowledge whatsoever.
I started working on bikes when I was about 10-11. No idea whatsoever what I was doing. This was waaay before any internet.
No shop manual, just my dads socket set and screw driver. And vice grips and a hammer.
Heck- plenty of times I remember trying to find the closest 'normal' socket that would fit a metric. This was back when most everyone had an American car or lawnmower.
Had plenty of bikes bought out of a shed not running, or blown up and in boxes. Would just take it apart, guess at what I needed, get my dad to drive me to the local shop- "Cycles & Sound" and explain to them what I wanted and they would order it. Also used Dennis Kirk and Chapperal a lot later on for mail delivery. Lots of pistons/rings/gaskets - lots of carb cleaning and spark plugs.
Everything just unscrews and screws back together. If you think there is no spark- get the neighbor kid to stick his finger in the cap while you kick it.
Oh- and tighten until it is 'tight' is not good. I wish I knew about a tq wrench for my first 20 years.
I started working on bikes when I was about 10-11. No idea whatsoever what I was doing. This was waaay before any internet.
No shop manual, just my dads socket set and screw driver. And vice grips and a hammer.
Heck- plenty of times I remember trying to find the closest 'normal' socket that would fit a metric. This was back when most everyone had an American car or lawnmower.
Had plenty of bikes bought out of a shed not running, or blown up and in boxes. Would just take it apart, guess at what I needed, get my dad to drive me to the local shop- "Cycles & Sound" and explain to them what I wanted and they would order it. Also used Dennis Kirk and Chapperal a lot later on for mail delivery. Lots of pistons/rings/gaskets - lots of carb cleaning and spark plugs.
Everything just unscrews and screws back together. If you think there is no spark- get the neighbor kid to stick his finger in the cap while you kick it.
Oh- and tighten until it is 'tight' is not good. I wish I knew about a tq wrench for my first 20 years.