Petro repair fail

You get what you pay for. There's a direct correlation between what you pay a mechanic and how good he is. If these kids are only making $9.50/hr spinning filters, all you're ever going to get are highschool kids without a clue. If you're paying the guy $40/hr, you're paying for someone who brings skills and experience to the table.

 

What ever you do, do not ever pack a oil bath bearing in grease. It has the opposite affects. It can cause bearing failure and oil contamination. I know some guys do this. That does not make it right!

 

Maybe I'm biased because wrenching is my chosen profession.

I've seen a few idiots in my time but it floors me when I hear how frequently some folks run into these idiots. I can only speak from experience but generally the shops that pay guys peanuts get the idiots and that's because the good outfits won't hire them. The shops that pay good generally weed out the clowns pretty quickly. They're too much of a liability for the smaller shops. Costs a lot for the single shop/2-4 shop chains to absorb the screwups caused by the inepts.

 

Took my T680 to a dealer in Oregon a few months ago to get a few small warranty items fixed, no big deal. One of the items was to replace the arm rest on the driver's seat because the old one had broken. After everything was done I got into the truck, and the new arm rest was mounted, backwards. It was in the up position and flopped back toward the sleeper. The guy who did it was probably my age and had been doing this for a very long time. I showed the service manager and he just shook his head as he had the same guy come out and do it right.

There are some great mechanics out there, but expecting them to be working at a shop with a high hourly rate isn't the norm.

 

Just to clarify, I don't mean high shop rate, I mean high employee wages.

 

A friend and I both stopped at the same petro to get pm's done at the same time. Are trucks are twins i gust have 70k more miles.

When we both pull out we were talking talk about what motel we were going to when I looked at the back of his truck and said "why didn't you have them grease your truck...?". He looked at his then at mine.... yup they didn't grease his

 

That may be true, but how many people walk into a shop and ask how much the mechanics make per hour?

 

Not quite that way now. As a rule your correct..but have noticed any age mechanics drawing a good wage, with low integrity and and skills. Not that they haven't always been around, just seems to be more of them.

 

I would bet my lunch that no oil was put in the hub cavity.