Gears & Axles - Beware The Dealership

WHATS GOIN ON EVERYBODY I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A WARNING ABOUT THESES DAMN DEALERSHIPS. HERS THE STORY, A FEW WEEKS AGO MY T/A WAS MAKING AN UGLY HUMMING NOISE AT THE REAR END AREA AND WOULD GET WORSE AS I WOULD ACCELERATE AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS TH REAR PASSENGER WHEEL BEARING SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP HERE IN CALI ANYWAY 3 HOURS LATER THE MECHANIC TELLS ME MY WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE SHOT AND THAT I WOUND BE 1,700 DOLLARS TO FIX. I SAID THANX BUT NO THANX I CALLED MY DAD AND HE CAME AND HELPED ME DISSASSEMBLE THE REAREND. IT TURNS OUT ALL MY WHEEL BEARINGS WERE FINE AND WITH FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS THE PINION BEARING THAT HAD GOTTEN EATEN UP REALLY BAD MY DAD AND I REPLACED ALL THE BEARINGS ALONG WITH THE PINION BEARING AND PUT A NEW RAISE AND SHIM NOW IT RUNS LIKE A CHAMP. ALSO THE BEARING KIT WAS BOUGHT FROM A LOCAL DRIVETRAIN REPAIR SHOP WHEN MY DAD AND I ASKED IF THEY COULD GIVE US ANY POINTERS FOR THIS OPERATION THE ONLY THING THE GUY SAID WAS I WOULD LEAVE TO A PROFESSIONAL AND THAT HE DIDNT THINK WE COULD DO IT ITS BEEN 2 WEEKS AND STILL RUNS GOOD I GUESSS MY DAD AND I ARE PROFESSIONALS. SO BEWARE OF THESE MONEY HUNGRY BASTARDS GUYS MY DAD AND I DID FOR A TOTAL OF 200 BUCKS .DEALERSHIP--> :punch:<---ME

WHATS GOIN ON EVERYBODY I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A WARNING ABOUT THESES DAMN DEALERSHIPS. HERS THE STORY, A FEW WEEKS AGO MY T/A WAS MAKING AN UGLY HUMMING NOISE AT THE REAR END AREA AND WOULD GET WORSE AS I WOULD ACCELERATE AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS TH REAR PASSENGER WHEEL BEARING SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP HERE IN CALI ANYWAY 3 HOURS LATER THE MECHANIC TELLS ME MY WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE SHOT AND THAT I WOUND BE 1,700 DOLLARS TO FIX. I SAID THANX BUT NO THANX I CALLED MY DAD AND HE CAME AND HELPED ME DISSASSEMBLE THE REAREND. IT TURNS OUT ALL MY WHEEL BEARINGS WERE FINE AND WITH FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS THE PINION BEARING THAT HAD GOTTEN EATEN UP REALLY BAD MY DAD AND I REPLACED ALL THE BEARINGS ALONG WITH THE PINION BEARING AND PUT A NEW RAISE AND SHIM NOW IT RUNS LIKE A CHAMP. ALSO THE BEARING KIT WAS BOUGHT FROM A LOCAL DRIVETRAIN REPAIR SHOP WHEN MY DAD AND I ASKED IF THEY COULD GIVE US ANY POINTERS FOR THIS OPERATION THE ONLY THING THE GUY SAID WAS I WOULD LEAVE TO A PROFESSIONAL AND THAT HE DIDNT THINK WE COULD DO IT ITS BEEN 2 WEEKS AND STILL RUNS GOOD I GUESSS MY DAD AND I ARE PROFESSIONALS. SO BEWARE OF THESE MONEY HUNGRY BASTARDS GUYS MY DAD AND I DID FOR A TOTAL OF 200 BUCKS .DEALERSHIP--> :punch:<---ME ? i work at a dealership and i cant believe that the mechanic was that ignorant of the noise i have asep apprentices who work with me that could have identified that noise.but let me tell ya to stereotype dealers is quite ignorant on your part they have the best training and the right tools. i have a customer with a ls1 in his 02 ss and has had nothing but trouble out of everything that doesnt mean every 02 ss
is a piece of shit get my point!!!! :guns: