[SEL] Honda oil plug OT

[Curt]

Joe,
Guess we've all got our tales of mechanic's screw ups. Here's mine. 
Shortly after I bought the F350 I noticed a distinctive bump in the rear 
end which I diagnosed as sticking splines in the drive shaft. I could 
have simply added the grease myself (and in hind site should have) but 
it was brand new and so I took it to the Ford service department. A 
consult and a drive with the service manager confirmed my diagnosis. 
They removed the drive shaft, lubed the splines, reassembled it, and 
delivered it to the house. Later as I pulled out from my house I could 
feel the vibration. SOB I muttered knowing full well the mechanics 
failed to phase the U-joints. Back to the house and a quick look 
underneath and sure enough it was out of phase. Would you believe there 
were even factory yellow marks on the drive shaft halves to make it 
idiot proof! But they managed it anyway. This time I pulled it apart and 
phased it correctly. I vowed that was the only time I would ever grace 
the doors of a dealer "service center". Phasing of U-joints is one of 
the most basic of mechanic principles taught early in training. To miss 
that is a real mark of incompetence for a auto mechanic.
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Joseph L Betz wrote:

>One was when I got a car State Inspected and came home to find a wobbly
>left front wheel.  They loosened the 
>front spindle ( I guess ) To check the brakes and reinstalled without a
>cotter pin.
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