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errantember) wrote2009-09-19 08:08 pm
errantember) wrote2009-09-19 08:08 pm
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Dear Mom -- It's Time to Start Worrying Again!
Rupert, my incredibly-unreliable-but-incredibly-cheap-to-operate EVTA R-20 Electric Scooter is once again ready to roll! Our latest round of Drama involved a leaking valve stem (minor) and a fairly badly bent front axle (major.) I was very impressed with the help at Urban Moto Shop on Lamar just north of Barton Springs. They not only fixed the valve stem on a busy Saturday afternoon in under an hour, but they gave me a new axle for *free*! Preliminary investigations online indicate the replacement cost would have been closer to $50 from other sources, and I wouldn't have been so certain it fit.
The bent axle explains *why* it was so hard to get the front wheel off weeks ago when I first notice the valve stem leak. I thought something was still gripping onto the axle, and didn't want to pound on it with a hammer until I was certain. I noticed, however, than when I tried to unscrew the axle, the wheel would slowly drift up and down, which was Very Obviously Not OK.
I will take Rupert out for a spin tonight after I do some work in the bathroom.
The bent axle explains *why* it was so hard to get the front wheel off weeks ago when I first notice the valve stem leak. I thought something was still gripping onto the axle, and didn't want to pound on it with a hammer until I was certain. I noticed, however, than when I tried to unscrew the axle, the wheel would slowly drift up and down, which was Very Obviously Not OK.
I will take Rupert out for a spin tonight after I do some work in the bathroom.