{"id":80889,"date":"2008-12-02T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T08:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=80889"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:11","slug":"surprisingly-time-consuming-deco-mainte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20081202\/everyday-events\/surprisingly-time-consuming-deco-mainte","title":{"rendered":"Surprisingly Time-Consuming Deco-mainte"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1393310673\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_57560493_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_57560493_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_57560493_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>When you look at the maintenance checklist items\u2026<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re not really a big deal, but there&#8217;s a lot of stuff that makes you think, &#8220;Man, doing this myself would be such a pain.&#8221;<br \/>\nWe even remove the throttle sleeve.<br \/>\nGrease isn&#8217;t ideal here\u2014a low-viscosity oil that doesn&#8217;t break down easily is better.<br \/>\nOver time, grease gets all gunked up like poop and makes the throttle heavy.<br \/>\nAnyway\u2026<br \/>\nUnder the tank is basically a mountain of dust.<br \/>\nOnce you pull the wheels off, the wheel bearings are somehow grinding away.<br \/>\nYeah, they definitely need replacing.<br \/>\nWhat a hassle!<br \/>\nSheesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;When you look at the maintenance checklist items\u2026 They&#8217;re not really a big deal, but there&#8217;s a lot of stuff that makes you think, &#8220;Man, doing this myself would be such a pain.&#8221; We even remove the throttle sleeve. Grease isn&#8217;t ideal here\u2014a low-viscosity oil that doesn&#8217;t break down easily is better. Over time, grease gets all gunked up like poop and makes the throttle heavy. Anyway\u2026 Under the tank is basically a mountain of dust. Once you pull the wheels off, the wheel bearings are somehow grinding away. Yeah, they definitely need replacing. What a hassle! Sheesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-80889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}