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UniqueTII 08-08-2005 03:59 AM

Kelly's brother decided to "fix" her TII brakes and wheel bearings this weekend. When RD, Kelly and I inspected his work today, we hardly got into it and noticed that the new wheel studs weren't all the way into the hubs, yet the car was "ready to go". Also, one of the caliper bolts was chewed up and wouldn't go all the way back in, so instead of trying to clean up the threads in the spindle and install a new bolt, he sawed the bolt in half, ground off the remaining threads, and shoved it into there. I turned the bolt 1/4 turn with about 1in-lb of force and it fell out. He also didn't install the new bearing races with the bearings (the car has 180K on it and I assume the hubs/races are original). How the **** could anyone let their sister drive a car like that and then get pissed when she says he didn't do things right? Her parents are also on her brother's side, saying that she's just being a drama queen and everything was fine. It makes me want to smack the **** out of the whole bunch of them. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif

banzaitoyota 08-08-2005 05:18 AM

Never do work for relatives or friends

teknics 08-08-2005 05:43 AM

[quote name='banzaitoyota' date='Aug 8 2005, 05:18 AM']Never do work for relatives or friends

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damn straight. im normally very cautious before doing work for family and friends, cause that normally is asking for problems.



kevin.

Cheers! 08-08-2005 07:29 AM

[quote name='banzaitoyota' date='Aug 8 2005, 05:18 AM']Never do work for relatives or friends

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I concur

banzaitoyota 08-08-2005 07:30 AM

EXPENSIVE LESSON TO LEARN

TYSON 08-08-2005 08:34 AM

I think the moral of this story is never get work done BY relatives or friends you guys.



Offer to cut all the bolts in half on her parents car.

ColinRX7 08-08-2005 09:26 AM

[quote name='TYSON' date='Aug 8 2005, 09:34 AM']Offer to cut all the bolts in half on her parents car.

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LOL yeah that's something I'd say

Sinful7 08-08-2005 10:06 AM

I gladly work on family and friends cars.. because I do it right the first time.. As long as they can pay for the parts.

Cheers! 08-08-2005 10:14 AM

What I do is instruct them on how to fix their car. I never really get my hands dirty. So when something doesn't work or something else fails 2 weeks later They can fix it themselves.

lxk199 08-09-2005 09:50 AM

even on simple stuff like oil changes, etc. when my friends are like "will you change my oil in your garage?", im like "well u can use the garage, but i'll teach you how to do it instead of doing it myself, that way you can learn self-reliance."

UniqueTII 08-10-2005 11:08 AM

I tried to teach Kelly how to do stuff, but she can't really turn the wrenches very well.

Sinful7 08-10-2005 12:11 PM

[quote name='UniqueTII' date='Aug 10 2005, 09:08 AM']I tried to teach Kelly how to do stuff, but she can't really turn the wrenches very well.

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Because she's dumb? Or because she's weak?

Shane.Trammell 08-10-2005 12:21 PM

or both?

94touring 08-10-2005 04:59 PM

Never do work for friends, relatives, people you don't know, charities, or people you work for. Cause when a friend asks me "hey could you help me with something", i'm all like "go **** yourself you lazy son of a bitch, why would I want to help you out, you're my friend"

ColinRX7 08-10-2005 05:04 PM

[quote name='94touring' date='Aug 10 2005, 05:59 PM']Never do work for friends, relatives, people you don't know, charities, or people you work for. Cause when a friend asks me "hey could you help me with something", i'm all like "go **** yourself you lazy son of a bitch, why would I want to help you out when i could be on my computer stroking off to porn whilst talking on aim?"

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94touring 08-10-2005 05:06 PM

[quote name='ColinRX7' date='Aug 10 2005, 02:04 PM']https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/ohmy.png

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https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif Lets have a convo online.

ColinRX7 08-10-2005 05:12 PM

haha no THANKS

UniqueTII 08-11-2005 12:52 AM

[quote name='Sinful7' date='Aug 10 2005, 11:11 AM']Because she's dumb? Or because she's weak?

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She's not dumb, but I can never teach her anything, and she's not strong enough to turn most bolts.

Rotarydragon 08-13-2005 07:59 AM

I tried to warn them that most of what they were doing was not the best of ideas but no one ever listens to me.



I finally got so tired of them screwing around with the mityvac pump trying to bleed the brakes that I did it myself. Geesh.


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