Mechanic faults

You can call them and ask them to pay tow and repair bill?

 

If they are any kind of shop they will stand behind their work. Accidents happen, especially on flat rate

 

#### happens. Sometimes we get distracted and forget things. Best thing you can do is to crawl under the truck and take a look before you leave the shop, just to make sure there is nothing obvious wrong. Most reputable shops will try and go good on something like that.

 

Electrical is one of those things that a suprising number of techs are clueless about. If you can find someone who's good with electrical, don't scare 'em off lol.

 

Yup, electrical is one of those things. It's like chasing a problem that's there one minute and gone for the next month. It's only going to get worse as multiplexing and canbus systems come in more and more

 

Pretty bad that sucky shops are a dime a dozen. I usually make it a point to look over the work afterward to check for loose hardware, and I have found it. I've fixed many things myself that mechanics couldn't figure out.

As for the OP, I wouldn't withhold the funds for the work they did. That can open you up to a lawsuit. You should deal with them for the work not finished properly and damages afterward. If they will not own up to it, then you can take it to the courts yourself.

 

A couple of thoughts. Isn't u joints fairly easy to see on a pretrip? It has been so long since I've driven a sleeper, but on my day cab they are right in the open. Also I question the clutch replacement caused it. Maybe if it was only a week or so but would a poorly mounted u joint even last a month?

 

Can usually feel it while driving when they are gonna give out soon. If the bolts were in there but just loose the driver likely wouldn't pick it up on the pretrip. Maybe if he got under there and try hard as you can to find a wiggle in it but most drivers rarely if ever do that.