hey i a mechanic and have ran into a couple mind boggliing problems. even in front of a board member that had me fix his car.he said it wasnt acting right, it was burning oil badly i got one problem diagonosed hit the nail on the head ihooked up the compressor and found his valve was not seating(i think it turned out to be cracked). but the stupper was a valve spring, I found what looked to be part of a valve seal that broke(the steal band around the seals) but it wasnt it was actually part of the valve spring but the spring looked clean no visible break point in both inner and outer spring. I so i figured it was the seal replaced sent him in his way ran fine for a day. then the spring broke. i felt like a total ***. in the end it was the heads that where defective, along with spring. If i would have been more fimilar with with the double springs i probalby would have been able to cacth it.

mechanic dont know everything they have a idea of how things work and try fixing it from there knowledge.

since that day i refuse to work on a strangers car unless the engine has been pulled to be rebuilt.

 

the above reply is exactly why I try not to assume anything anymore. "Cause assumeing makes an a$$ out of yourself" as my friend would like to say.
-b

 

Don't beat yourself up... you just need to research things more. The more questions you ask the less you'll have to worry about.

 

Ouch -- You guys are harsh!!!



Oddly enough, I just pulled my hub again last night -- only the second time I've ever had it off. Guess what? My hub puller broke! The threads finally stripped completely off of the force-screw.

I finished the job with a 3-claw puller, but I'm merely pointing out that the tools can break even if you DO know what you're doing.

And lets be honest. No, I wouldn't have known how to remove the hub if I weren't involved in these online tech forums. Granted, I'm a novice home-mechanic, and not a paid professional.

 

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an one more thing people sit and bitch about how mechanic wreak there car, sometimes **** happen in a mechanic field you learn as you go. sometimes your car is just the donor car. then to add to that if you dont like the mechanic theres no better way to do something the to do it yourself. But i will agree mechanics that cant get a crank hub off well hmmmm thats kinda i screwwy cause he could have looked down the hole to see the problem maybe laziness is his falt.