Yup. The Grim Reaper missed me again.
At least that's what the guy at the repair shop said when he looked at the spot where the bolt that keeps both front wheels of my car facing in the same direction (and attached to the steering system) and noted that it wasn't connected to the right wheel anymore. Actually, I'd figured that part out prior to arriving at said shop (via tow truck), but I wasn't fully aware of just how "bad" things would have been if it had given out on the freeway drive home instead of in the parking garage prior to heading out for said freeway.
Apparently, there's some safety cage thingie that's supposed to go over the bolt, so that if it should happen to work itself loose, it wont actually come out and do what it did. Apparently also, the idiots who installed the brand new steering rack kit on my car about 15 months ago didn't think it was important to install...
Yeah. I'm a bit pissed. But rather then dwell on that (and plot revenge on said idiots!), I figured I'd open up the discussion to other mechanic related misfortune. Ever been ripped off at the shop? Ever had all the wheels of your car come off? Heck. Any parts fall off? Tell us your stories...
It *can't* be worse then talking about some has-been former bunny.
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King Nobby wrote:
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Sucks to be us. 
Yea, I've been there.
About 5 years ago, my car was making a cranking sound when I turned the wheel. I knew the sound meant that the axle was going, but didn't realize it was that bad yet. (I know, stupid of me.) On my way to work one day, I turned into the local convenience store to get coffee before work. When I got into my car to leave, it wouldn't back up. It was "stuck." I called AAA for a tow.
The tow truck driver went to pull my car onto the flatbed and said "oh, this is why! Boy, you got lucky!" One wheel was turned one way and the other was turned the other way, hence the "stuck" part...turned out the axle broke. If it had happened while I was driving just a few minutes before I parked or after I left the lot, I'd likely be dead right now.
About 5 years ago, my car was making a cranking sound when I turned the wheel. I knew the sound meant that the axle was going, but didn't realize it was that bad yet. (I know, stupid of me.) On my way to work one day, I turned into the local convenience store to get coffee before work. When I got into my car to leave, it wouldn't back up. It was "stuck." I called AAA for a tow.
The tow truck driver went to pull my car onto the flatbed and said "oh, this is why! Boy, you got lucky!" One wheel was turned one way and the other was turned the other way, hence the "stuck" part...turned out the axle broke. If it had happened while I was driving just a few minutes before I parked or after I left the lot, I'd likely be dead right now.
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gbaji wrote:
Yup. The Grim Reaper missed me again.
Shucks.
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gbaji wrote:
Apparently also, the idiots who installed the brand new steering rack kit on my car about 15 months ago didn't think it was important to install...
Guys, I told you we should have cut the brakes as well
My ex-pseudo-stepfather once did something to "repair" the transmission by hand on the rear axle on this old Toyota we had. On a road trip from Austin to Dallas, we were driving along when suddenly the back left of the car just dropped. As Mom was trying to steer the car to the side of the road, we saw the tire, with half the axle, rolling along beside us- it crossed all lanes to the right, rolled into the median, then rolled back across the road we were on, in front of us, to the median on the right, across the access road, and finally rested up against a barbed wire fence.
After we finally got the car to the side of the road, Mom got out to inspect the damage. She took one look and went back to the open door and said "Kids, get out of the car. It's on fire."
The friction had heated up the brake fluid to its flash point, and was slowly burning itself as it leaked out of the car.
Fun!
After we finally got the car to the side of the road, Mom got out to inspect the damage. She took one look and went back to the open door and said "Kids, get out of the car. It's on fire."
The friction had heated up the brake fluid to its flash point, and was slowly burning itself as it leaked out of the car.
Fun!
Who here was in charge of tipping the Reaper? I bet you stiffed him, didn't you!!!
I'm lucky with my older brother being a mechanic. I don't trust anyone else unless one of my family members refers me to one that they personaly know or trust.
When I was 16 I bought an 86 TransAm. Being young means being stupid so of course I had to try to see how fast it would go. I remember hitting 155 and then went back down to normal speed and went home to bed. The next day as I was leaving my parents house my brother hears something from my car, a weird sound. He runs out and waves me down. We take it into the garage, jack it up, and I hear my brother say, "Oh sh*t". Apparently the fly wheel was missing a good size pie chunk out of it, therefore not balanced.
The previous night I was lucky that the rest of it held and didn't rip the whole car apart. I literally would of been disassembled at that speed and dead.
When I was 16 I bought an 86 TransAm. Being young means being stupid so of course I had to try to see how fast it would go. I remember hitting 155 and then went back down to normal speed and went home to bed. The next day as I was leaving my parents house my brother hears something from my car, a weird sound. He runs out and waves me down. We take it into the garage, jack it up, and I hear my brother say, "Oh sh*t". Apparently the fly wheel was missing a good size pie chunk out of it, therefore not balanced.
The previous night I was lucky that the rest of it held and didn't rip the whole car apart. I literally would of been disassembled at that speed and dead.
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Posted: Feb 09 2007 at 7:11 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I once took my old pontiac grand am in for a simple oil change. They forgot to put the oil back in. Needless to say I wasn't a happy camper.
Bastages at Jiffy Lube forgot to tighten the bolts on my sister's tire after her full-service oil change. It came flying off on the way home and she almost bit it.
I was crossing Queens Blvd, which is one of those wide 3 lanes express each way and 3 lanes local each way including parking, type of streets and was in the middle having not made it all the way accross during the light. A car, going in the direction that would have passed in front of me, lost a tire while driving, it happend about two short blocks away on the local part. The car stopped pretty quickly without hitting anything and just some sparks.
The tire, however was still going at about 50 MPH, rolling down the street. There was an old man was was standing in the street next to a parked car, I don't know why, and he was oblivious to what had happened and the tire was heading towards him. I yelled for him to look out for the tire. He screamed back "what?" I said it again even louder pointing in the direction the tire was coming from, he turned around at looked at the tire on the parked car next to him, just as the rogue tire zoomed by about a foot away from him and bounced off of the back a parked car about 1/2 block further.
The old man turned back around and called me an aSshole and said what the fuCk was I yelling at him about.
Edited, Feb 9th 2007 5:27pm by fhrugby
The tire, however was still going at about 50 MPH, rolling down the street. There was an old man was was standing in the street next to a parked car, I don't know why, and he was oblivious to what had happened and the tire was heading towards him. I yelled for him to look out for the tire. He screamed back "what?" I said it again even louder pointing in the direction the tire was coming from, he turned around at looked at the tire on the parked car next to him, just as the rogue tire zoomed by about a foot away from him and bounced off of the back a parked car about 1/2 block further.
The old man turned back around and called me an aSshole and said what the fuCk was I yelling at him about.
Edited, Feb 9th 2007 5:27pm by fhrugby
god, I still get pissed thinking about some of the sh*t I've been through with this.
I sha'nt participate in this thread.
/presses back of hand on forehead dramatically
Edited, Feb 9th 2007 3:39pm by Kelvyquayo
I sha'nt participate in this thread.
/presses back of hand on forehead dramatically
Edited, Feb 9th 2007 3:39pm by Kelvyquayo
Atomicflea wrote:
Bastages at Jiffy Lube forgot to tighten the bolts on my sister's tire after her full-service oil change. It came flying off on the way home and she almost bit it.
My roomate had the same thing happen to her. Fortunately, we caught it before it actually flew off. I've heard about this happening waaaay too often. I know it pisses off the guys working at the shop, but whenever I get tires replaced/rotated or removed for any reason I make a point of walking around the car checking that every lugnut is firmly tightened before I get into the car. Having a wheel fall off is just not a fun experience...
King Nobby wrote:
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I'm no mechanic but why the hell is JiffyLube taking your sister's tires off to change the oil?
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Quote:
I'm no mechanic but why the hell is JiffyLube taking your sister's tires off to change the oil?
So she could inflate the tire by blowing through the special tube I, er, the mechanic had in his pants?
Edited, Feb 9th 2007 5:30pm by fhrugby
Tare wrote:
I'm no mechanic but why the hell is JiffyLube taking your sister's tires off to change the oil?
DSD wrote:
Who here was in charge of tipping the Reaper? I bet you stiffed him, didn't you!!!
tip........damn
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