What Job Do You Not Enjoy Doing?

For me the worst job thus far has to be setting carb float levels :evil:

I feel like the Karate Kid... "Bowl on", Bowl off" "Bowl on", Bowl off" "Bowl on", Bowl off" "Bowl on", Bowl off" "Bowl on", Bowl off"

"Screw in" "Screw out" "Screw in" "Screw out" "Screw in" "Screw out" "Screw in" "Screw out" "Screw in" "Screw out"

God I hope this time I have it right 8)

 

for me the worst job is working on someone else's bike(car, truck, whatever) and u do it as a favor (no money) and they complain about the way way u did it or something else broke and they blame u!!!!!

 

I hate washing my bike. wash, rinse, dry, polish buff repeat!

Ihate it

 

The same job over and over and over again! I want it right the first time!

 

I hate having to drag out the Flitz every couple of weeks and keep polishing the metal.....but it hurts SOOOO good when it's done! 8)
Speaking of float level adjustments, can't one of us brainiacs come up with an easier way? (Holley carbs come to mind......) A sight plug in the bowls would be easy enough, now if we could just figure out the float level thing....... :?

 

CaptainKirk, what I did last night for setting the float levels is basically what I found in the manual for my XS650. I took the bowls off and flipped the carbs upside down and measured the height of the float on the 2 carbs that seemed to be working fine on my bike. I then went to the other 2 carbs and set them to the same height. Reassembled them and tested. Once I took it all apart and re-cleaned the drain port and put it back together I found that I had almost the exact same levels in each bowl.

Now, for what job I hate the most, currently it's trying to figure out why 2 out of 4 cylinders is not firing now matter what I do (plenty of spark, just no combustion).

 

ok have u replced ur spark plugs with new ones?
even if u have a spark at the plug, doesnt mean it will work under compression.

 

Does this question HAVE to be limited to jobs related to bikes?

I mean like I hate washing the dogs a$$.

Then there are some other jobs that i REALLY hate!

 

Like one of the guys here at work said, "at least I dont like it!"

 

No limit on what... pour your heart out :lol:

 

getting bolts and screws out with knackerd heads

 

Mine would be the Mac 4-1 exhaust.

 

I don't like it when somebody winds-up bringing-over a bike that looks like it just got exhumed, ain't even washed and is sitting in the back of a brand new pickup truck, on its flat tires almost off the rims and the well-dressed guy who heard from somebody I was pretty good ... wants me to "Just get it runnin'" so he can sell it and "really don't want to put very much into it; if I know what he means."
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"Everybody else said 'No' ... huh? Well, that makes it unanimous!"

 

setting float bowls is up there, but washing cars/bikes/etc is probably the top of the list.

 

starter clutches

 

I'm a FedEx courier in a college town.
I hate it when a hot young college girl answers the door in a towell.
Well I don't hate that, I hate being 43 and their fathers age.

 

Shaving. Dammit, do I hate shaving.

 

Sorry but that doesn't count :lol:


Lucky bastard

 

So...don't! 8)

I also hate trying to pour used oil into a "suitable container" after an oil change. Especially in a stiff breeze! :evil:

 

well if we are doing any job.
than i hate greasing big trucks, i mean 8 ton, 12 ton trucks, just a pain in the ass!

 

Given this a lot of thought.

XJ related: Changing grips. Most frustrating job I can think of.

Non-XJ Related: Stucco. Been redoing the stucco around my house. Messy, time consuming, lots of cleanup.

Greg

 

I hate going to work fixing peoples cars all day lisening to a landrover owner crying because here ign switch cast over $600 buck, and then have a guy with a complete pile of doggy doodle come in and stick over $1000 bucks into it and not even care, Then coming home to fix other peoples junk, Cars, bikes, golfcarts, mopeds, whatever, I just want to play with my toys, but gotta pay the bills somehow.

Well I feel better getting that off my chest, Thanks guys

 

Masonry work. I did it in Phx in the 120 deg summer heat for most of my life as my grandad and my dad were masons.

I have since got rid of all tool that resemble anything that looks like masonry work tools and dont do it even for myself!

 

carb removal on xjs...I'll spare everyone the details...

 

Everyone I am told I must do.

Being polite to a particular sister in law so as not to upset my wife heads my list.

Re-fitting the carbs on the xj.

Faighaigh.