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- West Haven, UT
General Tech What did you work on Today?
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No pics but helped my pal fix the brakes on his 90ās chev pickup his dad paid over 70k to customize. Feel terrible dad started this project over 2 years ago. My pals been working in Florida. 70k and after seeing the truck I donāt think itās worth 10. While working on it discovered they didnāt even paint the full panel, stopped right where it starts to roll under the truck no attempt to blend or anything . Shady wiring, delivered without even being able to open the door. Wanted to charge him even more to fix the brakes. His dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few weeks ago, been trying to get the truck back so his dad can see it before he passes. Literally as I start pulling brakes apart he gets a call from the care center confirming if his dad has a DNR because heās declining.
Donāt know how the people that work at these shops can sleep at night
Donāt know how the people that work at these shops can sleep at night
The legal papers prevent naming names.. but itās a joke what āprofessionalsā shops do these days.
Iām convinced itās an issue brought on partially by our (general publicās) incompetence. If the general āmanā knew what he was taking about anymore, the shops would be held accountable and up their quality. But instead, because we are no longer competent, we canāt even identify a simple problem.
The things that contractors/mechanics/etc get away with is insane.
They wanted to charge him $800 per axle to do the brakes. I had them done in less than an hour two new calipers and bled. $150 in parts. Thankfully my pal isnāt an older gentleman with declining mental health and told them to pound sand and got the truck out of there.
Les Schwab wants $900 per axle for brakes. They claim they have to replace the caliper because they āare not meant to go in and out all the timeā
Perfect example of people not knowing better being taken advantage of.
I was pressed for time recently and stopped by a shop to get a brake quote. The counter guy told me he could replace my rotors (grooved) and resurface the pads to save some of the cost. When I asked how they resurface pads the guy said he just puts them on the wire wheel and gets the surface flat again. š³
Yeah, I promptly walked out and decided to just do them myself.
Yeah, I promptly walked out and decided to just do them myself.
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- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Wow, we are usually competitively priced, and will only replace calipers if we see obvious failing (frozen, leaking, etc.) but most cars we can do pads/rotors for $349.99 an axle plus taxes, and most light duty trucks/SUVs for $379.99 plus taxes... I have heard of LS's 'always needing calipers' rumor before and just cant figure why they think that.
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- Price, Utah
Itās all outlined in his book. The cliff notes ante that they sell it as a safety but the reality it is about a higher ticket price.
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- Location
- Sandy, Ut
More basement today... boring basement.
- Location
- The Village of Kay
It took all day and 3 trips to Home Depot, but I built an add on cart for my shop vac to hold a dust seperator.
I'm tired of clogging filters almost everytime I use my shop vac, so I bought the dust seperator to try and help. I found a guy that did this setup online and copied his to an extent, with a few tweeks to make it mine.
Once that was done, I got to the project I really wanted to get done: monitor stands for my home office monitors. I thought about doing 1 long stand, but decided to go with 2 identical stands for a little flexibility.
I took a grand total of 0 pics during the process, but took these 2 when I was done rubbing oil on them. I'll put them in my office tomorrow when they're dry.
I'm tired of clogging filters almost everytime I use my shop vac, so I bought the dust seperator to try and help. I found a guy that did this setup online and copied his to an extent, with a few tweeks to make it mine.
Once that was done, I got to the project I really wanted to get done: monitor stands for my home office monitors. I thought about doing 1 long stand, but decided to go with 2 identical stands for a little flexibility.
I took a grand total of 0 pics during the process, but took these 2 when I was done rubbing oil on them. I'll put them in my office tomorrow when they're dry.
XJEEPER
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- Location
- Highland Springs
Last fall, my DIL showed up with a low tire on a Saturday afternoon and I found a nail in it, so I sent her over to the local South Ogden LS for a flat-repair.
She came back 20min later, rather upset that Schwabs had told her that she would need 4 new tires (all had less than 8k miles on them) because she got a nail in one of them and it was too near to the sidewall to patch. "Their policy is that they would need to replace the whole set for safety and liability reasons."
I immediately drove her car back over to the Schwabs and questioned their business practices and got lots of blank stares, followed by a couple of flawed logic excuses by the manager. Preying on a young woman who they assume is mechanically ignorant and gullible is a very shady business practice.
She took her car to Discount Tire the following Monday (where her tires were purchase from) and they swapped out the damaged tire under their Road Hazard policy.
NYCEGUY01
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- Location
- Willard, UT
The Manager at my local LS is a jackass. I needed new tires on my 2015 Camaro a couple years ago and wanted Michelin sports. I tried to get them there and after a couple weeks they couldnt actually get them. I ordered a set from Tire Rack and when I went to LS to have them mounted he pulled my car in the shop, jacked it up and pulled the wheels off and then called me to the counter and decided he wanted $400 for 4 mount and balance since they were "special" 20" wheels and I didnt get the tires there.
They got to put all 4 wheels back on and watch me drive away to never return...lol
They got to put all 4 wheels back on and watch me drive away to never return...lol
I already drive past a LS to get to a discount but Iād drive past 4 if I had to. Iām not saying discount doesnāt make mistakes but Iāve had a great experience with them over the last couple decades.
Also, fun fact: I can hear the shop phone at LS ringing from my porch. They have that thing turned up to 11!
Also, fun fact: I can hear the shop phone at LS ringing from my porch. They have that thing turned up to 11!