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TANNER TREMAINE ( THAD DUVALL ’ S MECHAN- IC ) SERVICES A CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN THE REAR WORK COMPARTMENT OF THE HUSQVARNA RIG .
Tanner started off by telling us what the weekly grind is like . Here ’ s Tanner :
After Thad gets through with a race , we ’ ll throw the bike on the stand and wash it . Basically that ’ s all we do as far as tearing the bikes down on Sunday . We ’ ll pull all the plastic and skid plate . We ’ ll pull brake systems , clutch system , and make it essentially just a roller . That way , on Friday , which is rebuild day , we can essentially speed that process up . We replace plastics and rebuild brake systems every week .
So after a race we fly home on Monday , and Tuesdays we ’ re back at the shop . When we ’ re at a race we have essentially a race sheet . So , when we pull parts whether it be a bolt or an air filter , any part that comes off this semi we write that down on the list . So , when we get back to the shop on Tuesday we re-stock our
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parts bag . We have a list of a and we ’ ll order them from th they ’ re shipped either to the end , or shipped to the shop Thursday is a travel day . Then Friday we start rebuil a crash during the race , we m dered in addition to a spare . met up with a tree . He mana to the wheel , and do some d flew home with anything an home with the wheel , flew h the handlebars , everything . sured and replaced if it need
Friday we take the bike all frame . We take everything a cleaning . And then we start