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Sorry people, please indulge me with a rant.
I hate allowing other people work on my car. Here's an example of why.
I had some work done on my car today by one franchise of a suspension retailer/workshop that shall remain nameless other than to say that a toro rosso features prominently in their branding.
The work to be done was:
1)Fit all new rear suspension bushes.
2)Fit new front strut inserts.
3)Fit one new front wheel bearing.
4)Replace one front strut housing/stub axle.
5)Carry out a wheel alignment.
All parts supplied by me.
Pretty basic I would have thought.
Task 1) was ****ed up by pressing in the front bushes on the rear lower control arm without using a support on the open side of the "U". The result: two chewed up control arms. Neither of the bushes were properly aligned either. The bushes are twisted at ride height, meaning that they have been tightened with the axle hanging.
Task 2)/3)/4) was ****ed by leaving one of the brake hoses twisted ie. the brake caliper will have to come off again to fix it and it is dangerous to drive.
Also, and this really ****es me off, they "found" extra work that "needs" doing:
"The steering rack is leaking and needs to be replaced." Yes, it's leaking. FROM THE LOW PRESSURE UNION INTO THE RACK TOWER. The 'O' rings to fix it are sitting in the console of the car right now. $8 vs $625 for the rack. (Know it's the 'O' ring because I caused the leak when I moved the union to fit extractors).
"The driver's side tie rod end needs replacing." Well, it didn't when I had that tie rod end off to replace the castor rod on Sunday.
"The strut bearings need replacing." Considering that they were replaced <10K km ago, I don't think so.
They also overcharged, in my view, although I wouldn't mind that if the job was done properly. Needless to say, i won't be going back but I'm not sure if I can be bothered to even make an angry phone call.
I hate allowing other people work on my car. Here's an example of why.
I had some work done on my car today by one franchise of a suspension retailer/workshop that shall remain nameless other than to say that a toro rosso features prominently in their branding.
The work to be done was:
1)Fit all new rear suspension bushes.
2)Fit new front strut inserts.
3)Fit one new front wheel bearing.
4)Replace one front strut housing/stub axle.
5)Carry out a wheel alignment.
All parts supplied by me.
Pretty basic I would have thought.
Task 1) was ****ed up by pressing in the front bushes on the rear lower control arm without using a support on the open side of the "U". The result: two chewed up control arms. Neither of the bushes were properly aligned either. The bushes are twisted at ride height, meaning that they have been tightened with the axle hanging.
Task 2)/3)/4) was ****ed by leaving one of the brake hoses twisted ie. the brake caliper will have to come off again to fix it and it is dangerous to drive.
Also, and this really ****es me off, they "found" extra work that "needs" doing:
"The steering rack is leaking and needs to be replaced." Yes, it's leaking. FROM THE LOW PRESSURE UNION INTO THE RACK TOWER. The 'O' rings to fix it are sitting in the console of the car right now. $8 vs $625 for the rack. (Know it's the 'O' ring because I caused the leak when I moved the union to fit extractors).
"The driver's side tie rod end needs replacing." Well, it didn't when I had that tie rod end off to replace the castor rod on Sunday.
"The strut bearings need replacing." Considering that they were replaced <10K km ago, I don't think so.
They also overcharged, in my view, although I wouldn't mind that if the job was done properly. Needless to say, i won't be going back but I'm not sure if I can be bothered to even make an angry phone call.