So there’s this guy that got a new pull off shaft because someone was upgrading their axle shafts. So he was swapping it out but before he put the new one in he felt a little sharp piece of metal. Slag from the manufacturing process?
pic out of focus and can't really see much....but yeah a sharp edge left over from machining could certainly mess up a gasket/seal. This could be the closest thing to a possible explanation we have seen so far....at least in my opinion.So there’s this guy that got a new pull off shaft because someone was upgrading their axle shafts. So he was swapping it out but before he put the new one in he felt a little sharp piece of metal. Slag from the manufacturing process?
So there’s this guy that got a new pull off shaft because someone was upgrading their axle shafts. So he was swapping it out but before he put the new one in he felt a little sharp piece of metal. Slag from the manufacturing process?
Well apparently this is starting to become a thing, videos of service work.
What sort of sound was the truck making?Talked to my service department on Saturday and they pulled it in the shop looked it over and drove it. Told me it’s ok to drive for now. Part had a tracking number 10/13 but never shipped and nobody knows where it went. I brought it home and this morning pulled the passenger side wheel, brake caliper, and rotor off. Fairly oily on parking brake shoes and brake pads. You can see where the outer seal has pulled away but I couldn’t see any oil there. Anyway I put it back together and drove it some. It’s not making any noise at all like it was when I parked it and quit driving it back on 10-6. Here’s a couple pictures I snapped.
He said it sounded like a tire rubbing the fender well.
Yup I've been hearing the same thing. Totally stock, zero chance of the tire hitting my well.
Exactly, the problem itself is much less of a concern than the half assed response. With such complex systems, I accept that the manufacturer / final assembler doesn't control everything, so shit happens and you make the best of it. But to not even have a TSB out yet to dealers (at least as far as I know) or parts ramped up in the pipeline to address the problem is pretty frustrating and disappointing.
Otherwise why not acknowledge the problem and communicate it to dealers and customers? At least share the estimated build date range of impacted vehicles, so owners know whether or not they should be more vigilant to check their rear axle for leaks.
I think his brother works at my local McDonald's and cannot get the cheese even half-way centered on my filet o fish sandwich but thinks he deserves $15 an hour.
You go Falling Down on them when the cheese isn't centered?
The point isn't the cheese - the point is lazy people not paying attention, not doing a good job, but want rewards for showing up.
I've worked a lot of customer service type jobs in my youngster days. I've seen a lot of people get accused of being lazy when in reality there are issues caused by the companies behind the scenes. It makes it easy for the problems to continue on when people just rip the employees for problems they have no control over. I guess I have different expectations though. Usually when I go to McDonald's it's because I myself, am too lazy to prepare my own meal. Which would make it very ironic for me to fret over laziness because my cheese isn't centered. If I go into the grocery store and there's 3 lanes open but a line backing up the center aisle, im not going to raise my voice at the cashier. Why? Because the company is only budgeting enough people to run 3 lanes. Some people though choose to cause a scene because they know for a fact there's a plethora of people sitting around just refusing to open because they are lazy.
