Re: Question on CV Joints/Boots

So I was right when I guessed you as an weekend warrior. My little bird 
never misses your kind. First let me feed her and ROTFLMAO!
OK now, let me catch my breath, darn, I should have quit smoking 20 
years before I actually did it. Still choking LOL and trying to catch my 
breath. Darn, no fun being old, except for hot embers like you bringing 
life to my small fire.
OK now, let me do a little drawing in the sand so you'll understand 
easier. My own estimate is that between 70-90% of repair shop visits 
have a "not needed yet" repair attached to it. And I'm not talking about 
the straight out scams. If your alternator is pumping juice 2-3 clikx 
below it's stated duty, your trusted "japanese mechanic" will show you 
that and talk you into replacing it with a newly refurbished unit 
because your $35 Kirkland battery will be damaged otherwise. You'll 
agree because you don't know anyway the range of undercharging your 
battery can withstand. So your japanese mechanic will take down the 
alternator and toss it ostentively into the recycling bin destined for 
junk yard and make you happy with a new one. You're out $80-$150. He 
didn't cheated you 100%, your alternator probably had 6mos to 1 yr. life 
in it, but he made sure that you do the repair NOW in his shop. After 
you leave he'll retrieve the part from the garbage and with $10-15 worth 
of parts and 15-30 min. labor make a newly refurbished part worth 
another $75-150 for the next weekend warrior. You'll never see this 
numbers in Consumers Reports/Digest because a good mechanic will sniff 
out a fake customer miles away. Only the fools fall for investigative 
shows you see on TV about crooked repairmen.
Oh God, enough typing just for a dummy like you. One more thing, I can 
teach you in less than 10 min how to rebuilt a drive axle and if you are 
not an idiot and you have the tools and spare parts, you'll do it as 
good as any other trained mechanic with 20 years of japanese experience! 
99% of times auto repair is not rocket science.
And last word, next time you give advice, do it based on your own 
experience and knowledge, not on what someone else told you or what 
you've seen done by others! So you don't expose yourself as a clown.
You wanna split hairs now? I'm game!

TeGGeR wrote:
> Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto the assembled masses in
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> > I actually enjoyed the "grace" you turned your pseudo-knowledge into a
> > "splitting hair" case. I bet you can turn a tune-up job into a engine 
> > swap with the same ability. Do you work for AAMCO?
> > I know too well your weekend warrior type.
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> Everything I posted is based on extensive discussions with my Japanese 
> mechanic, who has thirty years experience working daily on Japanese cars. 
> These discussions came up due to my own need to have my boots replaced, so 
> I had a vested interest in getting the straight goods.
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> He runs his own shop, which among many other things, replaces boots and CV 
> joints every single day of the week. He knows why they fail. He sees many 
> instances of people trying to replace their own boots with the "split boot" 
> type, and knows the pitfalls and shortcomings of that method.
>
> This guy can tell you all sorts of little insider tips, such as exactly 
> what Subaru lock ring can be used to hold the Civic CV joint boot in place, 
> and how it's better than the Honda design. He can rebuild CV joints and 
> literally anything else found on or in a car.
>
> After 20 years relying on this guy's services over the ownership of six 
> cars, I trust him much more than I trust me or you.