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anderssj |
Apr 12 2016, 05:50 PM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,664 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Finally picked up the 914 yesterday after almost a month at a highly recommended local indie shop (the reason it took a month is another story). I made it about 10 miles towards home before the steering felt funny and there was a clunking from the left front . . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Yeah, you guessed it: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) LF lugs weren't tightened/torqued. I guess that I WAS lucky on one level . . . I hadn't decided to take the freeway home. After jacking up the car and tightening the lug bolts (and checking the others), I drove back to the shop for a "safety briefing" with the owner. Not much said besides "sorry." When I'm doing multi-step work on the car where I might forget something, I tend to leave sticky notes one the dash or steering wheel ("pump brakes," "torque lugs," etc.). But when a car is in the shop, how do we know they haven't forgotten something and everything is really OK . . . that the valves are properly adjusted, push rod tube keeper wires in place . . . or if a wheel is about to fall off? And I know that sometimes people make mistakes, that $hit happens, that the exception doesn't prove the rule, etc., etc., but still . . . I guess it comes down to a matter of trust--kind of like buying/eating mushrooms (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) We try to exercise our judgment in picking the best mechanic, shop, doctor, contractor, product, etc., then we pay our $ and take our chances, right? Sorry for the rant, but this experience has left me kind of pessimistic. |
somd914 |
Apr 13 2016, 04:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,171 Joined: 21-February 11 From: Southern Maryland Member No.: 12,741 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Anyone who gets paid to do a job is professional, but how good they are is different story...
Had the same issue with lug nuts after picking up a car from a shop before, and also discovered the issue before wheel departure. Also had a friend who smoked an engine when his oil drain plug worked free within miles of the shop after an oil change. On the flip side the other day, I was rotating tires on my DD for the first time since new tires went on a few months ago. Some of the nuts came off quite easily, some required a lot of heft with a 1/2" two foot breaker bar - no consistency, some way too lose, and some way too tight all on the same wheel... Good shops are hard to find, at least around here. That's one of the reasons I've learned to do as much as I can on my own. |
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