Always double check a mechanic’s work

[Kevlarr]

I’m not the guy who is looking over anyone’s shoulder. I was a contractor for about 30 years all together and I think it’s a better use of my time to pay good people to do good work. But it is also a good practice to double check any work that may put you, your family or someone else’s safety at risk. So while I was installing my power steps I gave a double check of my undercarriage because I just had a lift installed and the alignment done and I noticed a few things. First picture what little things can you notice that are not quite right?

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[ShadowsPapa]

Looks like a jam nut sitting in the middle of threads.......... not sure from here.

But those grease fittings would drive me nuts.

 

[Badunit]

Also looks like a very loose bolt on the lower right.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Also looks like a very loose bolt on the lower right.

Yeah, forgot about that one sticking clear over to the tire area with the lock nut near the ends of the threads.

i just don't get what's up these days...... it's not hard to at least give a glance - so much of what we've seen lately is really simple, obvious stuff.

 

[chorky]

Man it's nearly impossible to find good quality workmanship these days. I wish I could slack off at my job with no repercussions like all these service people seem to do.

Yeah - I know, it's not a valid (supposedly) perspective of all service providers but I'll tell ya what - crap quality work is becoming more and more the norm these days. I see more poor work quality than I do see exceptional work quality.

10 years ago the shop that put the rock jock lift on my TJ left all the jam nuts loose. I didnt get 2 miles away before turning around. 6 years ago the place that did the lift on my 7.3 left the nub retaining nuts loose - all of them. I had already put 10K miles on the truck and somehow it never had an issue. Only found out by some random inspection of a leaking transmission line by a shop in town when I first moved here.

 

[Rusty PW]

Looks like a jam nut sitting in the middle of threads.......... not sure from here.

But those grease fittings would drive me nuts.

The grease fittings. Most control arms have them pointing down. That's the only way to get to them in most cases.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The grease fittings. Most control arms have them pointing down. That's the only way to get to them in most cases.

......and people gripe about brackets sticking down and getting snagged......
drag those control arms and those are the first things to go by-by.
I'm afraid I'd do like I've done on certain trucks and cars I've owned - remove fittings, put in plugs.
This one could easily be accessed if it was moved -

Sorry, those would not stay there in my truck. They'd be gone or moved.

 

[Rusty PW]

......and people gripe about brackets sticking down and getting snagged......
drag those control arms and those are the first things to go by-by.
I'm afraid I'd do like I've done on certain trucks and cars I've owned - remove fittings, put in plugs.
This one could easily be accessed if it was moved -

Sorry, those would not stay there in my truck. They'd be gone or moved.

I've sheared a few off of my day. Even plugs don't stand a chance.

 

[Dickster]

It definitely sucks and it seems to be the new norm as the work force just sucks. My buddy has a shop and is one of the only people I trust fully. There are a few other shops i would trust but still have hears bad things.

 

[JeepOfTheseus]

Yeah, forgot about that one sticking clear over to the tire area with the lock nut near the ends of the threads.

Looks like a shock relocation bracket is being used? In which case...where the hell is the sleeve to ensure you can actually torque properly without crushing the factory bracket?

 

[Kevlarr]

So much here I thought maybe I was being picky. What you can’t see is that on the main body of the control arms there is another hole for a grease fitting to go and since it’s at a 90 there is room to get the grease gun nozzle on it no problem. So the fact that they were careless enough to end up on the bottom is just stupidity. The Jam nut on 4 of the 8 control arms were loose! The nut you see in the background is for the front adjustable track bar ! They also forgot to put the breather tube back on the front axle as well as the locker connector. WTFF?! I wonder what else they forgot that I can’t see?! Should there be Licktite on the jam nuts?

 

[mx5red]

I’ll do that work for half price

 

[Kevlarr]

And someone beat the sh*t out of the end of this control arm!!!

 

[JTRDistraction]

Should there be Licktite on the jam nuts?

From now on, whenever I have to use it, it will forever be called Licktite! ? Autocorrect can be the breast sometimes!

 

[Zachanadandy]

The grease fittings. Most control arms have them pointing down. That's the only way to get to them in most cases.

That's the whole point of the 90⁰ fitting. Those look like Rubicon express arms, which we run on the JL and the grease zerks are on top. Not sure if that's in the instructions as I'll admit I don't read those. I can grease them just fine with the arms installed.

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