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Old 12-31-2011, 08:22 AM
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So I gotta tell you a scary and ****ed up story that happened yesterday.

I got home from work and my cousin stopped by and asked me to come up to his house and look at his brakes. His buddy had just done pads and rotors the night before.

I go up there and jack it up, and you can pull the wheel in/out almost 2 INCHES on both sides.

I get the wheels off the front end and see there's metal shavings everywhere. The outer brake pad and the inner bearing was missing on both sides and the spindle nuts were just hand tightened. And the hubs were locked. There wasnt even grease on the inner RACE where the bearing was supposed to be. The seal was ruined on both sides needless to say.

We needed to go get all new bearings, races, seals, and pads again just bc some dumb shit wasnt man enough to say he couldnt do it right.

It kinda scared the shit outa me that there's pple out there that can do something like this.
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:24 AM
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Did he drive it very far like that
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:24 AM
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holy shit...theres a saying at work...do it nice or do it twice
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:24 AM
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10-15 miles. He said he had to get it home. It blew my mind that someone would do this.
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:29 AM
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hence the reason i do the work myself or i go to the same mechanic everytime when i cna't do the work my self. my mechanic has been the only other one to work on all my cars since i started driving and he has been in buisiness for well over 50 years.....
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:30 AM
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Hope he didnt pay for the service.
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:42 AM
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damn thats FUCKED UP
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:47 AM
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I would have beat his ever loven ass if that would have been my truck!!!

Glad your cousin made it home safe tho man. That is some scary stuff.
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:52 AM
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I have seen items like this many times over. You legally need a permit and a licensed person to do roofing, electricity, plumbing, etc., but not for the repairs on the vehicle you carry your wife and kids in. This has been my pet peeve for years. A little kick-ass may be required in this case.
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Old 12-31-2011, 08:54 AM
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This is why I do all my own work on my trucks.


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Old 12-31-2011, 08:58 AM
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this is why i do all my own work on my trucks.


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Old 12-31-2011, 01:18 PM
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This is why you only work one side of the axle at a time when doing brakes. So you can your work against a known good set up.
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Old 12-31-2011, 01:28 PM
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This is why you only work one side of the axle at a time when doing brakes. So you can your work against a known good set up.
thats what i did just a few days ago
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Old 12-31-2011, 01:37 PM
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scary thing is, he DID
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Old 12-31-2011, 01:49 PM
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holy chit and he couldnt see he was doin it wrong?????
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