Why inspections are important
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Why inspections are important
Doing some adjustments today and preparing to paint the calipers (maybe) and install a Borla exhaust, and just happened to catch this butt-puckering issue on my passenger side lower control arm.
Inspect everything while you're under your car. Every time.
Inspect everything while you're under your car. Every time.
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Dang, good catch. Had you noticed it driving or steering any differently? Wonder how long it's been like that?!
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Originally Posted by Vitveet
Dang, good catch. Had you noticed it driving or steering any differently? Wonder how long it's been like that?!
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Part of every scheduled maintenance interval. Check all chassis bolts...
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Someone, somewhere down the line, has touched this bolt....No way it backed out by itself, no way.
Of course you wouldn't know unless something like this happens.
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Of course you wouldn't know unless something like this happens.
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As a flat rate tech, you get paid .5 hours for an oil service, and in some cases less, assuming they don't use a teenage lube rack kid. Trust me, nobody is checking the torque on your bolts during your oil change, and even during a major service nobody is digging that deep outside of a visual inspection.
A backed out bolt, yeah, that I would hope a tech would see. But that's assuming it was backed out at the time of inspection. Most techs are looking for upsales which would include bushings so might have spotted it.
Just giving my experience. I used to be a tech, and was a good one. Which is why I left the industry. Too smart to be making **** money wrenching on cars. Don't miss it in the slightest.
A backed out bolt, yeah, that I would hope a tech would see. But that's assuming it was backed out at the time of inspection. Most techs are looking for upsales which would include bushings so might have spotted it.
Just giving my experience. I used to be a tech, and was a good one. Which is why I left the industry. Too smart to be making **** money wrenching on cars. Don't miss it in the slightest.
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