Re: Coupe Quattro rotor warpage

[quattro@rogerswave.ca]

> >  Yes.  I think grease monkeys in tyre shops and careless mechanics with 
> >  air wrenches warp more rotors than anything else.
>  
> >>Amen-- always ask to see the torque wrench before buying the tires. 
> >>But, does this mean them's monkey-lads in the shop?
> 
> >--Dave Weiss
> 
> *OR* when having any service done that requires removal of a wheel. Had the
> monkey-lads at Sears (a few years back) destroy a hub! I have no idea what this
> moron was smoking, but he managed to completely strip the hub on one of the
> bolts. That's right, not the bolt.. the hub. 
> 
> Before I get bashed for taking the Q to Sears, understand that this was my
> father's doing. It was his car at the time.
> 
> The real pisser is that Sears told them about the damage and requested that my
> father come in and speak with the service manager about correcting the
> situation. Guess what? He *didn't* because he was "too busy." I discovered this
> a while back, saw that the car was (and is) riding on 4 out of 5 on the left
> front side, and dug through all sorts of old receipts trying to document it.
> NO GO. The monkey lad didn't document the damage. Thanks again Sears. :(
> 
>
Unfortunately the same thing happened at Sears where I used to work 
(see my head go down in shame).  I was on my day off where a high 
school drop out managed to do the same thing to a Audi 90.
I think he put the bolt on the impact gun first than tryied to ram it 
inside with all that torque.
Lots of people constantly complain about the lack of studs on 
VW/AUDI.  I got used to it by now I guess.

 

Martin Pajak
quattro@rogerswave.ca
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5939

1982 Coupe (438,000 km)
1984 4000s quattro (320,000 km under the wrench)
1970 Porsche 911E Targa (also under the wrench)

Who put my tools in the dishwasher?