Alignment ordeal

It should be hilarious, it was a joke. As far as turning a wrench, He just totally rebuilt the whole Truck himself. Including swapping and overhauling the engine. it’s been well documented on here for quite some time. The first thing he hires out, they tried to rip him off. That’s what makes it so frustrating. There’s Mechanics who also Drive Trucks, and Drivers who do mechanic work. It’s always the know it alls, that act as if they’re smarter, that show their true ignorance. People aren’t stupid, they figure it out quick.

 

When Firestone tires were having problems? Was that the Firestone 500's around 1972? Maybe the 721's in the 80's? 7 to 1 they will fail. Excuse me as this is a truck forum and those were car tires.

 

I did tire work, when I was 17 yrs old. 1981, Mostly split rim Semi Truck tires, and some car tires. Steel belts were a relatively new thing. Most older cars, still had bias tires. In 6 mos. our little shop replaced 3 nearly new steel belted blow outs. All 3 were Michelin’s on Cadillacs. They’ve obviously overcome this problem. To this day, I won’t run a Michelin. Great tires, excellent wear. But the sudden blow outs, for no reason, made no sense at all. In 1983, my step father had a Firestone blowout on a brand new Ford, not once, but twice. He wouldn’t run Firestone’s after that. Long before the big debacle in the 90s, when Ford and Firestone, who were related by marriage. Parted ways. I’m amused by the old tire advertisements from 20’s, 30’s,40s especially. Every ad boasts the greatest technology etc. It’s still the same today. Eco green tires, etc. Bunch of hype, mostly. But interesting.

 

1999. Firestone Atx and Wilderness At. .P235/75r15. OE on the Ford exploder. I mean Explorer. Biggest recall in history.

 

Had a 3 axle alignment at a TA one afternoon, don't remember whare. In and out with no wait and didn't even take an hour, no shop drive and think it was less then $300

 

Interesting. Now, before leaving a shop, I’m going to start checking my batteries and looking for swapped parts! It never occurred to me that this could happen. There are certainly evil people out there.

A few months ago, I noticed the guy at a Boss tire shop stole my rewards points. The receipt he gave me showed that a certain amount of points were given to me, but I never handed the guy my Pilot rewards card. I’ve also noticed this at some Love’s tire shops.

 

If your worried about the shop swapping your parts or test driving your truck you should not go to said shop. Sorry if thats not eloquent enough for you

 

How are we supposed to know which shop steals parts from a truck? Unless someone has already reported it on some online review, there is no way to know, which is why I said I’ll start checking my parts more carefully for any theft. By the way, I wasn’t arguing with you. You must be mistaking me with another member.