Kieron
17-04-2005, 12:06 PM
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:28:38 GMT, "Noddy" <dg4163@_nospam_dod.com.au>
wrote:
>
>"Kieron" <kieronm302@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4231026a.57873546@203.50.2.233...
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>> Fucked if I know, I havn't bothered looking.
>
>I'll give you a hot tip here mate:
>
>You're mechanic friend is bullshitting you blind :)
Nope, he just didn't explain it accurately, the rotor was replaced
about 180 degrees out and the holes don't line up.
>> Yep, and they 'test drove' it too. Fucking muppets.
>
>Why did you bother going back?
Since that episode, I havn't gone back.
>> Front calipers to cure the vibe problem. The rear rotors were taken
>> off to be machined as a 'precaution', didn't know anything about it
>> until I picked it up.
>
>They must be really fucking dumb.
>
>Personally, if I was trying to cure a vibration, brake callipers wouldn't be
>high in the order of things to do....
It wasn't the first thing they did, they got to a point where they
just swapped virtually everything, maybe they where a revised caliper?
>> Fucked with rear BA rotors lately? ask your Ford tech mate about
>> them. Any outcome on that blown 5.4 donk yet?
>
>You only have to look at them to know that it's physically impossible to fit
>them backwards and still be able to get the callipers on Kieron. Take a look
>at your own and you'll see for yourself.
Checked them and your right. Explained above.
>As for the V8 saga, no, I haven't spoken to him since. I will again no
>doubt, as he wants some welding done soon.
>
>> Apparently, there is some slot in the rotor that allows you to reach
>> the handrake shoe adjuster which now cannot be reached. He's a
>> personal friend of about 13 years and he ain't a bullshitter, plenty
>> of mechanics are though, maybe you mix with the wrong ones? :)
>
>Plenty of people bullshit Kieron, and they don't need a trade certificate to
>help in that regard :)
>
>> Are you trying to excuse a qualified 'techie' here?
>
>Not at all, and I'd add that there's no excuse for delivering a car with
>brakes that aren't working proplery.
>
>> To answer your question, none. But I wouldn't fuck up something up
>> thats critical and could casue an accident.
>
>Why not?
Thats a dumb question.
>Ford have been happy to in the past. Ask your dealership mate about the DC
>LTD ABS failures, and the "silent recall" to fix it :)
He's left the dealer now, got sick and tired of the motor industry.
wrote:
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>"Kieron" <kieronm302@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4231026a.57873546@203.50.2.233...
>
>> Fucked if I know, I havn't bothered looking.
>
>I'll give you a hot tip here mate:
>
>You're mechanic friend is bullshitting you blind :)
Nope, he just didn't explain it accurately, the rotor was replaced
about 180 degrees out and the holes don't line up.
>> Yep, and they 'test drove' it too. Fucking muppets.
>
>Why did you bother going back?
Since that episode, I havn't gone back.
>> Front calipers to cure the vibe problem. The rear rotors were taken
>> off to be machined as a 'precaution', didn't know anything about it
>> until I picked it up.
>
>They must be really fucking dumb.
>
>Personally, if I was trying to cure a vibration, brake callipers wouldn't be
>high in the order of things to do....
It wasn't the first thing they did, they got to a point where they
just swapped virtually everything, maybe they where a revised caliper?
>> Fucked with rear BA rotors lately? ask your Ford tech mate about
>> them. Any outcome on that blown 5.4 donk yet?
>
>You only have to look at them to know that it's physically impossible to fit
>them backwards and still be able to get the callipers on Kieron. Take a look
>at your own and you'll see for yourself.
Checked them and your right. Explained above.
>As for the V8 saga, no, I haven't spoken to him since. I will again no
>doubt, as he wants some welding done soon.
>
>> Apparently, there is some slot in the rotor that allows you to reach
>> the handrake shoe adjuster which now cannot be reached. He's a
>> personal friend of about 13 years and he ain't a bullshitter, plenty
>> of mechanics are though, maybe you mix with the wrong ones? :)
>
>Plenty of people bullshit Kieron, and they don't need a trade certificate to
>help in that regard :)
>
>> Are you trying to excuse a qualified 'techie' here?
>
>Not at all, and I'd add that there's no excuse for delivering a car with
>brakes that aren't working proplery.
>
>> To answer your question, none. But I wouldn't fuck up something up
>> thats critical and could casue an accident.
>
>Why not?
Thats a dumb question.
>Ford have been happy to in the past. Ask your dealership mate about the DC
>LTD ABS failures, and the "silent recall" to fix it :)
He's left the dealer now, got sick and tired of the motor industry.