Why I love dealerships

[The Stranger:Me]

Because when they strip a head bolt they know just how to repair it properly.
What would a conscientious dealer do? Pull the head and insert a heli coil?

Well that's what I would have done (and have done now), but not the dealership.


Knead it. They put the head bolt in with knead it.

Still, I suppose I must give them credit for a creative solution.

[James Deuce]

That deserves a double face palm. I suppose when the knead-it fails they can claim they'd never do anything like that.

[Crasherfromwayback]

What would a conscientious dealer do? Pull the head and insert a heli coil?

Probably call you, and tell you what's going on, and ask how you'd like it fixed.

[Flip]

Name and shame?

[hayd3n]

Because when they strip a head bolt they know just how to repair it properly.
What would a conscientious dealer do? Pull the head and insert a heli coil?

Well that's what I would have done (and have done now), but not the dealership.


Knead it. They put the head bolt in with knead it.

Still, I suppose I must give them credit for a creative solution.

wtf????????????????????????????????????

[davebullet]

I know why this happened, it was a mis-communication:

The dealership: "When would you like this done?"
The Stranger: "I knead it quickly!"

[AllanB]

That sucks mate.

If I owned the shop I'd have been more inclined to use JB Weld and charge you full rate for the extra hours it took to set


Name and Shame I say.

[The Stranger:Me]

Name and Shame I say.

Name and shame?

Thank you, very tempting however I'm not so keen to foot the bill for the defence of a court case.

[hayd3n]

Thank you, very tempting however I'm not so keen to foot the bill for the defence of a court case.

will they foot the bill when the head leaks?

[ducatilover]

That is very creative! Noted for future jobs

[Max Preload]

Thank you, very tempting however I'm not so keen to foot the bill for the defence of a court case.

On what grounds could any case be brought against you?

There are complete defences in law against defamation called the truth and honest opinion.

[PeeJay]

Because when they strip a head bolt they know just how to repair it properly.
What would a conscientious dealer do? Pull the head and insert a heli coil?

Well that's what I would have done (and have done now), but not the dealership.


Knead it. They put the head bolt in with knead it.

Still, I suppose I must give them credit for a creative solution.

When you say head bolt, is this one of the bolts that clamp the head gasket?

If not and it was one of the bolts that hold a rocker cover on or similar then JB weld or knead it would work perfctly well.
But like anything it has to be done right

[avgas]

Shame they didn't use the ceramic stuff (similar to kneadit) - as that would have worked...

[p.dath]

On what grounds could any case be brought against you?

There are complete defences in law against defamation called the truth and honest opinion.

Alas being in the "right" does not prevent frivolous cases being brought against you. Humans are silly emotional beings, and sometimes when they get upset they take stupid actions that cost other people money.

[James Deuce]

Alas being in the "right" does not prevent frivolous cases being brought against you. Humans are silly emotional beings, and sometimes when they get upset they take stupid actions that cost other people money.

That is an inconvenient truth. DAMHIK.