Re: Opinion on well known lotus specialist service
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:21 pm
Bearing should definitely not have been lubed, having seen from the outside that the clutch plate was not worn, having no reports of or witnessed noise from the spigot or release bearing the (in this instance) honest non profiteering garagiste is being criticised for not bumping up the bill and doing additional work.
No way would I have changed a serviceable clutch, with the quality of modern parts there would be good odds that something would fail, clutch would drag or slip from the get go, you read on this forum about this all the time, he would have been seen as the villain of the piece especially if the owner had the old parts and would claim that they were still servicable so on this point alone I disagree with Sandy.
Back in the day when I serviced lots of vehicles and replacement parts were far better quality than today it was commonplace to replace parts like condensors, rotor arms, distributor caps or even clutches when major work was done just in case, the very same parts that these days frequently either dont work at all from new or fail very quickly.
I stopped fitting new condensors when replacing points as there were so many failures soon afterwards, I had a Crypton tuner with an oscilloscope trace so could judge the condition of the existing condensor and make a judgement call, that was back in the day when parts were still at least supposed to be produced to a quality standard rather than just resemble the part needed, just take a look at the rope seals on another thread.
I am glad that i moved on from being a meccano and also that I still work on my cars and dont have to rely on the honesty, experience (or lack of) or competence of anyone else, the best advice given is to work on your own vehicles, the situation will only get worse with time.
No way would I have changed a serviceable clutch, with the quality of modern parts there would be good odds that something would fail, clutch would drag or slip from the get go, you read on this forum about this all the time, he would have been seen as the villain of the piece especially if the owner had the old parts and would claim that they were still servicable so on this point alone I disagree with Sandy.
Back in the day when I serviced lots of vehicles and replacement parts were far better quality than today it was commonplace to replace parts like condensors, rotor arms, distributor caps or even clutches when major work was done just in case, the very same parts that these days frequently either dont work at all from new or fail very quickly.
I stopped fitting new condensors when replacing points as there were so many failures soon afterwards, I had a Crypton tuner with an oscilloscope trace so could judge the condition of the existing condensor and make a judgement call, that was back in the day when parts were still at least supposed to be produced to a quality standard rather than just resemble the part needed, just take a look at the rope seals on another thread.
I am glad that i moved on from being a meccano and also that I still work on my cars and dont have to rely on the honesty, experience (or lack of) or competence of anyone else, the best advice given is to work on your own vehicles, the situation will only get worse with time.