stupid things you've done

[Scout]

While building or rebuilding?

Two days ago I took the clutch bell off to sandblast and paint it. Last night I decided to start my motor to see if it would run gas through the carb. Well I revved it, and looked at the clutch while I did so. I didn't think about not having the clutch bell off as I did so, and the church shoes flew out all over the garage. I found five, im still missing one.

 

[B.M.800]

Ooops!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

hahaha once when i had a clutch on my warrior, i didnt think i needed a bolt to hold it on the engine shaft, so i made a turn and the bell slid off and the clutch shoes shot all over the place. i found everything though and got it back together.

it scares me that my TC driver barely has any keyway in contact with the shaft now.

 

[TorqueRanger]

My cousin and I was using kerosene to clean a 350 motor and I was standing above the motor thinking to myself how are we going to get the kero out of the engine.. My cuzs pulls out a lighter and light the kero with it and mind you my face was right above as he lite it.. Well I had no face hair and my head hair glued together like don king and I had a hour drive to get home while my face was out the window the whole time to cool the burn ... I was ok but I was asleep for a little over a week and never even knew it...

 

[qtband]

I used a 12' ladder to gain access to the 11' ceiling of my garage. Turns out I needed a little longer ladder. While on the top step of the ladder, it gave away. I went down to the concrete floor and didn't walk again for 3 months! 2 broken fibulas. Stupid ladder!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

oh and there was that time i used a old pair of jeans as a muffler heat shield.

suddenly caught on fire haha

 

[kendelrk]

i came back from a baja ride and pulled the cover off, and then touched the muffler heat shield reaching for the gas tank, and burnt my hand not even thinking about it, and my garage door isint the best, if you dont open it the right way, **** falls on your head, my grandma calls it the burglar alarm

 

[buckeye]

What ever you do don't hit the crank with a hammer to get the fly wheel off. It will takes hours to file the bunged up threads.

 

[r_chez_08]

it scares me that my TC driver barely has any keyway in contact with the shaft now.

Same
Once after reinstalling a throttle cable, i forgot to put a return spring back on. The kart shot forward at full revs, and hit a bank that had an incline of about this /. The kart climbed until the front end was about 5m from the ground. It then overbalanced and rolled backwards, the engine stopped, the roll bar bent and the front wheel axle bar bent. This all havvened in a few seconds whilst I ran after it, and my mate watched in awe!
I think most of us have a story similar to that...

 

[rabies]

welding...forgot i had sandals on .....
welding. used a plasma cutting goggles thing. had weld burn on my face 2nd * burns.

slammed on the gas as hard as i could when i heard wheels coming loose.....

 

[kendelrk]

when i had my first clone and put it in the manco it had the whole hand push throttle, and well i was coming up the driveway and pushed it a bit to far and it turned into spiderman, climbing up the wall

 

[MrGrim]

Testing my first go kart I built went a lap around the yard and went to park it hit the gas to hard barley mad it between the truck and the wall then I thought I was safe then slammed into a trash can and a gas can I had to go get the gas can out of the field behind my house

 

[fowler]

not kart related but yesterday i was fitting bushes into a d10 bulldozer

firstly i put the bushes in the liquid nitrogen and accedently dipped my hand in it

then i heated the draft arm and took the bushings out of the nitrogen

in the mad rush to get the bushing in i tripped and grabed the daft arm id just heated

felt really dumb that day
luckerly iv got fast reactions and did no damage

 

[shakey0818]

not kart related but yesterday i was fitting bushes into a d10 bulldozer

firstly i put the bushes in the liquid nitrogen and accedently dipped my hand in it

then i heated the draft arm and took the bushings out of the nitrogen

in the mad rush to get the bushing in i tripped and grabed the daft arm id just heated

felt really dumb that day
luckerly iv got fast reactions and did no damage

pleaes explain how and why you would dip the bushes in liquid nitrogen?Sounds interesting.

 

[fowler]

the nitrogen freezes the bushings and makes them smaller

the heating for the draft arm (the bit that attachs the blade to the dozer) makes them bigger so u can slide the bushings in

if u get it wrong or if u aint quick enough the bushing will warm up and jam in the hole then u are in big **** a sledge hammer has no affect that is why i ran and tripped

we have 45 tonne hydrolic pressing gear and it really struggles to move this thing when it is room temperature

in most jobs u take your time as to not make mistakes
in this job u prepare well then go flat out hope it works

 

[TorqueRanger]

I had a chem burn in both my ears about a month ago when I didn't seat a fuel line quick connect all the way the pressure from testing it exploded the line and shot gas on my eyes,mouth ,nose ,and in both ears causing a chem burn on both of my ear drums...

 

[Doc Sprocket]

not kart related but yesterday i was fitting bushes into a d10 bulldozer

firstly i put the bushes in the liquid nitrogen and accedently dipped my hand in it

then i heated the draft arm and took the bushings out of the nitrogen

in the mad rush to get the bushing in i tripped and grabed the daft arm id just heated

felt really dumb that day
luckerly iv got fast reactions and did no damage

Jeez- must be nice to have liquid nitrogen on hand! I've had to leave bearing races in my freezer overnight to get them to shrink a bit!

 

[HellSpawn]

Dumbest thing I've done lately:

So, the headbolts on my truck are hex allen heads. So they naturally allow oil and sludge to pool up in them. I specifically cut grooves into one of my bits just for this purpose, but I completely forgot about it and used a normal one. Let the engine warm up for about 20 minutes so I could do my retorque. Pull the valve cover off and quickly jam the bit/torque wrench into the first headbolt I was after. Oil came out of that headbolt so fast I had no chance. Ended up with a mouth and eye full of hot oil.

Most unpleasant feeling in the world, even worse when you have to run across a dark yard from the shop to the house to wash out your eyes, while not being able to see. Also didn't get that taste out of my mouth for the next day or so.

Classic mistake, surely won't happen to me again. I've done it accidentally in the past, but never this bad.

 

[ghostdog]

A friend of mine was trying to pull pieces of a spark plug boot that broke out with really long needle nose pliers. He was pulling straight toward his face with all his might and the piece finally broke and his two fists slammed straight into his nose. It was was hilarious but he wasn't laughing.

 

[BriggsTwins]

Hehe, So i guess marriage doesnt count as a form of stupidiest thing ever? JK

Best one on my record working on an HVAC unit, just to recover the parts and such. my partner was next to me while i was crouched down, he lost his footing and grabbed the refrigerant line for support. it fractured and gave me a nasty coating of oil and freon.

the room was 5X5, we had to get out fast. trashed the clothes and took a week to get my hair clean.