Originally Posted by highpants

yesterday while doing dishes (an activity that i find lends itself to many epiphanies), after dropping the bike off at the shop, i remembered HereNT's comment, "that's why i work on my own bike," and kicked myself. if i had thought of it, i might've offered $40 to be talked through the work so that next time i could do it myself. that park tools website looks good, though, thanks for the tip.