Rotf, lmao! But true.

Earle

"Billy Ray" > wrote in message
...
> A lot of people also have the mistaken assumption that dealer service
> departments are staffed with mechanics. Most have one mechanic and 10-15
> "technicians."
>
> As for specialty shops (in this case a frame and axle shop) they only stay
> in business because they have a reputation to bale to handle any problem
> quickly. Good dealerships subcontract to speciality shops for difficult
> repairs.
>
> How do you identify a good specialty shop?
>
> 1. The place will be dirty, no... it will be filthy. The cleanest the
shop
> has ever been was during construction.
> 2. The boss will look like he just lost a wrestling match in the grease
pit
> and he is the cleanest one there.
> 3. Standard headgear advertises chewing tobacco or farm machinery
> 4. Mechanical equipment you have never seen before is hanging from the
> walls, and much of it looks custom made.
> 5. The other guys waiting around are mechanics from other garages
>
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" > wrote in message
> news:v1PDe.18559$Eo.13241@fed1read04...
> >I would have taken it to an axle shop, not the dealer. The service
writer
> >and service manager are commissioned and they're not exactly immune to
the
> >temptation to jack up the cost of an otherwise minor repair if they think
> >they can get away with it.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Peter Pontbriand wrote:
> >> Well, I just got a call from the dealer where I took the GC this
morning,
> >> and of course they now insist that they can't just set the pinion
bearing
> >> preload like they agreed to, they have to take the entire diff apart
> >> because
> >> there are "internal problems". The revised estimate is for 6.5 hours +
> >> parts. Naturally, this completely defeats the purpose of my swapping in
a
> >> known good axle (still under warranty), which was to avoid having to
pay
> >> for
> >> the bearings in the original to be replaced. After spending so much of
my
> >> precious time on this, then being forced to cover a monstrous repair
bill
> >> anyway, I don't know any swear words sufficient to express the way I'm
> >> feeling right now.
> >>
> >> /Peter
> >>
> >> "Peter Pontbriand" <TRIMsprocketATstormDOTcaTRIM> wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >>>I made an appointment with the Jeep dealer in the city who seemed to
> >>>think
> >>>resetting the pinion bearing preload because of a yoke change was no
big
> >>>deal.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Jerry Bransford
> > PP-ASEL N6TAY
> > See the Geezer Jeep at
> > http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/
>
>