They need a car class for non-mechanics just to teach the May people the basic parts of a car and what they do so they can have an idea what their mechanic is talking about.
If my truck pops and clunks when I turn, then the steering bushings are worn out. A mechanic needs to jack it up by the frame, not the axle to check them, as jacking the axle would put tension on the bushings, making them appear to be ok.
We took Her Elantra in for a transmission problem. About 15 minutes later, the grease monkey and the service manager both came out with extremely serious expressions; informed us that if we didn’t get a 4-wheel brake job right now we would, basically, die on our way home.
We’d gotten a 4-wheel brake job elsewhere 2 weeks earlier…..
Every dern wrench around here is incompetent, over-priced, dishonest, or a combination hereof.
Had a pin hole leak in the radiator of a PT Cruiser, the mech & supervisor at the franchise tires+ shop tried to convince me it would be empty by the time I got home. Chatted with a mech at the school bus garage where I drove, he suggested just pouring a couple of tablespoons of ground pepper into the radiator. Well, I didn’t do that, but a locally owned shop did replace it a couple of years later when it needed a water pump replaced. oi!
Ratkin 8 months ago
He should be making air quotes.
C 8 months ago
The rubber parts, you know, car prophylactics
Kiba65 8 months ago
Bushings bushings we don’t have any stinking bushings!!!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 8 months ago
“Your Johnson rod’s twisted.”
The Reader Premium Member 8 months ago
Untrustworthy, worn out bushings.
cdward 8 months ago
They need a car class for non-mechanics just to teach the May people the basic parts of a car and what they do so they can have an idea what their mechanic is talking about.
belovedkija 8 months ago
just squirt some blinker fluid on that bushing and it will be fine!
drivingfuriously Premium Member 8 months ago
If my truck pops and clunks when I turn, then the steering bushings are worn out. A mechanic needs to jack it up by the frame, not the axle to check them, as jacking the axle would put tension on the bushings, making them appear to be ok.
Zen-of-Zinfandel 8 months ago
Sway bar links.
Lady loves a joke 8 months ago
“I’ll be back after I turn into a Google detective, and investigate what you just said”.
davanden 8 months ago
I feel the same way.
Cozmik Cowboy 8 months ago
We took Her Elantra in for a transmission problem. About 15 minutes later, the grease monkey and the service manager both came out with extremely serious expressions; informed us that if we didn’t get a 4-wheel brake job right now we would, basically, die on our way home.
We’d gotten a 4-wheel brake job elsewhere 2 weeks earlier…..
Every dern wrench around here is incompetent, over-priced, dishonest, or a combination hereof.
CoffeeBob Premium Member 8 months ago
Had a pin hole leak in the radiator of a PT Cruiser, the mech & supervisor at the franchise tires+ shop tried to convince me it would be empty by the time I got home. Chatted with a mech at the school bus garage where I drove, he suggested just pouring a couple of tablespoons of ground pepper into the radiator. Well, I didn’t do that, but a locally owned shop did replace it a couple of years later when it needed a water pump replaced. oi!