And I’m only at bag F!
Everyone swoons about how great the instructions are and I just don’t see it. Every step of the way I’ve had to go back and double check to make sure I’ve got it right. Also they don’t mark stuff L & R. Like knuckles. I had to compare with a magnifying glass to the tiny little picture to figure out which was which. Just put a little L or R in the mold!
And the biggest one so far. I actually got up from the table and walked away because of this…The little marks in the turnbuckles that tell you which side is left hand thread. BACKWARDS. I sat there for ten minutes fighting these things till I figured I need power tools. Got my drill. Nothing. Wouldn’t catch a thread. Finally I was like, “maybe they’re marked wrong.” Turned the drill to reverse and bingo! It goes right in . Now I don’t know if I hope they’re all that way or if it’s just that one. I might just bite the bullet and get some Lundsfords or Klinik Ti ones and save myself the aggravation every time I need to make an adjustment from now on. I’ve been working on things with threaded adjusters like that for 30 years and never seen the right hand threads marked with the groove. That’s just stupid.
I really hope this thing drives better than it builds, because it’ll be up for sale real quick if it doesn’t.
Maybe I’ll get back to it after dinner maybe not.
Everyone swoons about how great the instructions are and I just don’t see it. Every step of the way I’ve had to go back and double check to make sure I’ve got it right. Also they don’t mark stuff L & R. Like knuckles. I had to compare with a magnifying glass to the tiny little picture to figure out which was which. Just put a little L or R in the mold!
And the biggest one so far. I actually got up from the table and walked away because of this…The little marks in the turnbuckles that tell you which side is left hand thread. BACKWARDS. I sat there for ten minutes fighting these things till I figured I need power tools. Got my drill. Nothing. Wouldn’t catch a thread. Finally I was like, “maybe they’re marked wrong.” Turned the drill to reverse and bingo! It goes right in . Now I don’t know if I hope they’re all that way or if it’s just that one. I might just bite the bullet and get some Lundsfords or Klinik Ti ones and save myself the aggravation every time I need to make an adjustment from now on. I’ve been working on things with threaded adjusters like that for 30 years and never seen the right hand threads marked with the groove. That’s just stupid.
I really hope this thing drives better than it builds, because it’ll be up for sale real quick if it doesn’t.
Maybe I’ll get back to it after dinner maybe not.