More work on the W900...at the dealer again

I know u said KW was close and worked good for u,but if your not in a rush why not take a step back and try to get a line on a small shop from some of the local guys in your area.Alot of the small shops are family owned and take pride in there work and really thank u for your business and hope they have earned your trust so you will return.They will not try to make a killin off you on one repair.They want to count on your return business years.If your working to get it on the road,now would be the best time to find that small dependable shop,even if it's a little out of the way.

 

I don't know how you do it JD. I would have broken down by now.

 

Just as LBZ said:
your project is interesting but nothing to me, and it still pizz's me off.
I believe i have posted this before, but the local KW dealer in my area has a parts department with a wicked attitude. I buy only what i have to from them. I would buy everything from them if they were decent to deal with.
As these guys have said, find a small independent guy that has some pride. The outfit i work for (they only have two trucks of their own) has a guy that comes to their shop and does alot of their work. He seems to do a great job and they are happy with him.

 

Just wondering if you got any other quotes? Babcock? National spring? maybe even Spellman? Spellman is really trailers, but they know everybody in the Milwaukee area and have always been great with help even if they don't get the work.

 

JD do yourself a favor and get your truck back from KW find a family own shop and don't ever look back, you might have to try a few until you find the right one, those people at KW do not have any respect for you. You know why? because you keep coming back for more of what they know is a lousy and expensive bad service.

Man where I live there is no good truck shop, I have to drive to Miami 3 hours every time I need something done on my trucks, when I do I go past freightliner, International, Volvo, Mack, and a bunch of independent shops, but I will not get caught dead on one of the stealers, like most people call them, they are nothing more than a bunch of incompetent arrogants that think you owe them something after they put their hands on your pocket, the last time they did that to me you know what they found? a hole on my front pocket with out underwear. I'm sorry but I'm as mad as everybody else about your truck and the stealer.

I read stories here about a dealer replacing three sets of injectors on a cat engine, you know the definition of insanity? well it worked for them because Cat paid for one set while the owner paid for the other 12 injectors, is that crazy or what?

Take your truck and make sure you tell the manager how mad you are about the crappy and expensive service that you got and that you will tell anybody that comes your way how they work.

I wish the next time I read a new post from you here will be something positive from a different place.

Man I'm steaming and is not even my money or my truck.

 

Yeah JD...

I agree with finding an independent. I've even had luck with service trucks! We have am abundance of service trucks around here. So it is easy to find one here that is starving & willing to forget the "We'll come to you" fee.

Take a look around you.

http://nttsbreakdown.com/ntts/programs/main/main.php

 

just make sure they actually measure the kingpin play and not just eyeball it
it may look like a lot but still be within specs