Doug Manninen
05-29-2009, 09:19 PM
How is it that you can use a shop one time and they seem professional enough to go back to, and completely suck and screw up the next job?
I had removed all four hubs on my car, had them sent in to be sand blasted and painted. Next an un-named garage at this time, was given four hubs and bearings and seals and grease to go inside. Seem pretty simple you think to yourself.
Well 3 hrs later not one hub is complete because they are still on the first one.
So by mid morning the next day I receive a call, we have a bearing on it's way we broke one trying to install it. You think to yourself who are these clowns. When you finally get your hubs back and ready to install, the hubs look like you took them to a beach and went swimming with them, yes you guest it, sand blasting sand in my nice new bearings. Next step, call the clowns at the garage and make the complaint, and mention that you wont' be to happy if you have a bearing fail in the next little while.
3 Km later first bearing goes. They pick up the meager tab of the bearing cost, but kill me in the end with a diagnostic fee of what they found. Might I add they had a head start with what I told them it was. (new seal new bearing) That's two bearings they went through to install four, a 50% success rate.
1 week later the other rear bearing goes today. So moral of the story.
If your Subaru blows a bearing in the Port Hope area, drag the sucker behind your back if you have to home. These guys are one of many that we have had problems with in regards to Subaru bearings. Which I might add Subaru made sure they use bearings that take huge amounts of side loading, cause half the time I am side ways so that's good (Right)
So now I'm looking for a good garage that i will allow to touch my Motec monster.
please let me know who you guys use. Must be more than a 25% success rate.
I had removed all four hubs on my car, had them sent in to be sand blasted and painted. Next an un-named garage at this time, was given four hubs and bearings and seals and grease to go inside. Seem pretty simple you think to yourself.
Well 3 hrs later not one hub is complete because they are still on the first one.
So by mid morning the next day I receive a call, we have a bearing on it's way we broke one trying to install it. You think to yourself who are these clowns. When you finally get your hubs back and ready to install, the hubs look like you took them to a beach and went swimming with them, yes you guest it, sand blasting sand in my nice new bearings. Next step, call the clowns at the garage and make the complaint, and mention that you wont' be to happy if you have a bearing fail in the next little while.
3 Km later first bearing goes. They pick up the meager tab of the bearing cost, but kill me in the end with a diagnostic fee of what they found. Might I add they had a head start with what I told them it was. (new seal new bearing) That's two bearings they went through to install four, a 50% success rate.
1 week later the other rear bearing goes today. So moral of the story.
If your Subaru blows a bearing in the Port Hope area, drag the sucker behind your back if you have to home. These guys are one of many that we have had problems with in regards to Subaru bearings. Which I might add Subaru made sure they use bearings that take huge amounts of side loading, cause half the time I am side ways so that's good (Right)
So now I'm looking for a good garage that i will allow to touch my Motec monster.
please let me know who you guys use. Must be more than a 25% success rate.