extremly strange dealer problem help!
extremly strange dealer problem help! I did some work to my car that required us to pull the alt bracket and the pulley belt. Then after driving for a little bit, my car blew the belt. The dealer looked at it and discovered that my pulleys are not aligned. In order to fix this issue, they need a special laser tool. The dealer will not order this tool however because it is $1500. No dealer around me has the tool either. WTF is going on
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"Dealers" don't buy the mechanic's tools... each mechanic is required to buy/have their own tools... so it's understandable that the mechanic isn't going to buy that single tool for $1,500 just for your car... it's not something he's going to need or use that much really...
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My goodness, can they just be aligned with a straight edge, string, can't be that hard. I don't think its that critical. Did they say which one was out of alignment?
Suggestion: find someone that can do it and call GM to see if they will pay for it since the dealer can not do it. ??? Is it under warranty? If it is, they should pay if they can't do it.
Could you have done something to it that caused the misalignment?
Suggestion: find someone that can do it and call GM to see if they will pay for it since the dealer can not do it. ??? Is it under warranty? If it is, they should pay if they can't do it.
Could you have done something to it that caused the misalignment?
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yeah, that would contribute to things being out of line... cuz I'm sure it got tweaked/bent a little in the process....
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This one caught me off guard...I didn't know the techs had to buy their own tools...that's crappy...that's like my employer making me buy my own computer to bring to work with me everyday...hmmmm seems strange they'd do that.
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Thats the way its been forever. I got atleast 5 grand worth of tools and that isnt ****. A Good tech thats been working for 5-10 years could easily have 30,000 dollars in tools. plus antoher 10,000 in tool box's
The dealer ordered the tool for me and is still covering my car even though i have all the work i have done to my car. Worked out 
And at my dealers, the shop provides the tools not the mechanic.
And at my dealers, the shop provides the tools not the mechanic. 
Good stuff, the dealer should cover the specialty tools. The most I've ever heard of a dealer giving the tech is a tool box. My brother works at a Lexux dealer, and they provide them huge toolbox's, but no tools other than specialty tools.
I removed the belt by dropping the engine and jamming something in the tensioner lol I took the alt bracket off as well but that required me to remove like 3 pulleys. I didnt have them install the belt, i put it back on but i think i damaged the belt as i was putting it back on. The belt snapped so i had the belt replaced by the dealer.
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I removed the belt by dropping the engine and jamming something in the tensioner lol I took the alt bracket off as well but that required me to remove like 3 pulleys. I didnt have them install the belt, i put it back on but i think i damaged the belt as i was putting it back on. The belt snapped so i had the belt replaced by the dealer.