Originally posted by fubar5
How the heck did you get your bike into such a fix Koffee?? I think from now on you should stay away from anything remotely mechanical on your bike, and make good friends with someone his is mechanically inclined... 
I got my license to fix aircraft out of high school, and believe me, the only way to learn is to do, making mistakes, but learning from them. Keep it up Koffee.