[Captain Squid]

Don't get me wrong, I love working on my bike......but I had to change brake pads and rotors on my wife's 03 explorer. Jeez what a bish!!!! Props to you guys wo do it for a living......I was more than irritated on several occasions

 

[R1Lover]

it's always tun turning wrenches, but yes I would never want to do it for a living.

 

[ricksk61k]

why thank you for the props.. ive been in the feild just over 20 years now and 99.9 % of the comments directed at us.. esp like me who work at a dealership are very negative about how all we do is cheat and hack to rip people off..
it is unfortunit that there are a lot in the industry that are that way.. but there are still some like myself who have a consionce ( i cant spell for crap!!) and have pride in the work they do

 

[Captain Squid]

Yeah I know. I love working on my bike and could do it 24 hours a day

but it might be just the fact that I have tore it down quite a few times and "know" it so it seems easy. I guess doing it on vehicles is different cause of the "figureing" what needs to come off and what doesn't.

 

[db79]

why thank you for the props.. ive been in the feild just over 20 years now and 99.9 % of the comments directed at us.. esp like me who work at a dealership are very negative about how all we do is cheat and hack to rip people off..
it is unfortunit that there are a lot in the industry that are that way.. but there are still some like myself who have a consionce ( i cant spell for crap!!) and have pride in the work they do

which dealer do you work at?

 

[Mphis Style]

I'm technically a technician though on the research and development side of things. So alot of the time i don't have to do any real wrenching, just setting up for tests and what not. But the times I do always sucks, I don't know why I picked this profession, lol...

 

[Biga]

If it was you Cap and not your wife, I would have said, they should have left you working on it your self.

 

[Captain Squid]

Oh it was me by my lonesome working on it.....prob why I was getting irritated. I needed about 3 more hands lol

 

[Mphis Style]

What problems did you run into?

 

[Biga]

Oh it was me by my lonesome working on it.....prob why I was getting irritated. I needed about 3 more hands lol

You should have called 1-800-rentafriend

 

[Captain Squid]

I'll try that next time.....knowing my luck they would have sent Wicked1

Nothing major, just trying to hold the caliper in one hand, with the old brake pad in it and trying to hold the C clamp with the other AND turn it at the same time to push the piston's back in. I could have used another few hands is all. Nothing major, I just get frustrated easily

 

[Biga]

I'll try that next time.....knowing my luck they would have sent Wicked1

You would end up having to buy a new truck with his help

Nothing major, just trying to hold the caliper in one hand, with the old brake pad in it and trying to hold the C clamp with the other AND turn it at the same time to push the piston's back in. I could have used another few hands is all. Nothing major, I just get frustrated easily

Doing a brake job can be a pain specially if you don't have the right equipment on hand

 

[meenbeemer]

You should have called 1-800-rentafriend

 

[ricksk61k]

which dealer do you work at?

i am a tech at acura in berlin

 

[SoySauce021]

You would end up having to buy a new truck with his help

Doing a brake job can be a pain specially if you don't have the right equipment on hand

things like a LIFT make life a whole lot easier. I was a tech apprentice for a short bit until I finished school. Was always fun trying to change the oil of a car someone had just driven hours upon hours on...

. bolt was no prob...filters were a bitch.

 

[Mphis Style]

things like a LIFT make life a whole lot easier. I was a tech apprentice for a short bit until I finished school. Was always fun trying to change the oil of a car someone had just driven hours upon hours on...

. bolt was no prob...filters were a bitch.

Plus everything being a 1000 degrees

 

[SoySauce021]

Plus everything being a 1000 degrees

yeah still have a couple burn marks. Thus why I have a desk job now

 

[Fukucacheme]

i am a tech at acura in berlin

hey rick do you know a sales chick there named Johanna. My boy has been nailing her for a while and i think she can be quite a head case at times.

 

[Plastic Cup Politics]

why thank you for the props.. ive been in the feild just over 20 years now and 99.9 % of the comments directed at us.. esp like me who work at a dealership are very negative about how all we do is cheat and hack to rip people off..
it is unfortunit that there are a lot in the industry that are that way.. but there are still some like myself who have a consionce ( i cant spell for crap!!) and have pride in the work they do

I'm glad I don't work at a dealership any longer... Lexus customers suck!

Cars aren't that complicated to work on, just takes a little experience.

 

[db79]

i am a tech at acura in berlin

Don't know anyone there. Have friends that work at Wagner, Hoffmans, Balise and Astin Martin