Wheel bearings

[Turbo Tony]

Originally Posted by Mechcanico Lee

What I'm getting at to all , is if you go to any garage and say can you fit such and such and this does not fix your problem the onus is on you , but if you ask the garage to carry out investigations / diagnostics and they get it wrong it's the repairers problem .

Totally agree with that.

I heard the noise on 1781cc's car first hand as I waved my exhaust goodbye. It happened more consistently than I thought it would. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what could have caused it though.

[1781cc]

I agree with that as well - essentially the wheel bearings are not under recall for my car. Audi didn't want to quote for that job without seeing the car and charging me for diagnosis.

I'll get them sorted soon enough, but it just shows that the arrogance of the dealership (which are all franchised and not owned directly by Audi) in getting repairs done. And they wonder why Specialised indie's thrive so much.

The S8 is the only car i've ever had where I've tried to keep up the Audi stamped history, but I get all the repairs done by Indies - I think its going to go Indie for the servicing as well.

[paulrstaylor]

I had a couple of wheel bearings done on my (now Lee's) D3, both manifested as a high pitch whine at speed - no clicking, no movement in the bearing. In retrospect may have made sense to do them at the same time, 4 wheel alignment was a big part of the cost.

I'm sure there maybe more than one failure mode, but it could be something else also

[Mechcanico Lee]

I'm surprised that dealers have so much work with how much they charge and arrogance as you say , a good independent can do just as good of a job and they want your work , it's all about reputation ...indies thrive on it ......do a good job you tell a couple of other folk .....do a bad job and you tell lots of folk .

Just going off on a tangent here ......our trade has a terrible reputation ....so many bad / rip off garages out there , we all get tarred with the same brush for the most of it .

Is it a surprise ? A trade with no regulation / accreditation.....any average Joe can go rent a unit, get a monkey wrench and a socket set and start fixing cars with no qualifications to do so what so ever " well I used to fix my Lambretta when I was a kid so I know a bit "
But if your a gas engineer ....an electrician even a barbers shop for gods sake !! there is regulation , certifications of competency in place that you have gained a certain level

Car repair ....don't need any of that , go buy a ting tong ball joint for your 2 1/2 ton Range Rover from eblag get it fitted by the cheapest monkey in town ..... bent over nails used as split pins ....if your lucky that is !!........
Few days later ball joint pulls out , car looses control , slings itself across the road and crashes maybe kills someone ...... mmmmmm regulation needed ?? Nah!
I've been thinking of changing trades ..... Anyone got a barbers chair a comb and some dubbers for sale ........ hehehe

Lee
Frustrated spanner monkey ....