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Post by mercer77 on Jul 26, 2013 7:39:07 GMT -5
I put my trans axle back in yesterday and figured, "Since I'm here, I might as well repack the CV boots." I called Advance/Auto zone/O'reilly to find the proper grease. Some of them didn't even know what I was talking about. I finally found some at NAPA. Unfortunately they only had 3 packs.  They said most people just replace the entire shaft. ($3 compared to $100, I'll take the cost of $3?  ) Luckily there was a CARQUEST down the road from NAPA and I bought their last pack also. Which has a date of 2010 on it. Is this preventive maintenance that rare these days. I know it will last a while but, it seems I have bought all of the CV grease in town.  |
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Post by Big-birds-ride on Jul 26, 2013 11:51:35 GMT -5
I would have to say YES, we are a dying and rare breed that still work on our own cars, and have old cars which one can work on without a barrage of computer modules to interpret what the car wants/needs.
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Post by trimagnum on Jul 26, 2013 16:11:17 GMT -5
This started when grease fittings started to vanish on cars . My 47 Crosley had over 30 grease fittings on it my 86 Fiero less than 10 our 2011 transit connect none that I've found. It's a "toss it" world where you need a OBD2 scanner to tell you what's wrong . When you find out odds are you don't have the special tools needed to fix it. 100,000 mile spark plugs 15,000 mile synthetic oil car maintenance has been taken out of our hands . I personally think it sucks
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Post by jspbtown on Jul 30, 2013 20:50:38 GMT -5
Usually CV grease comes with the new joints. And most of the people working in those types of parts stores aren't real car guys. They live and die by looking a part up on a computer.
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Post by cocacoladodge on Jul 31, 2013 7:12:13 GMT -5
Tell me about it, 2 of the 5 local parts stores here in town have real wrench turners working at them, the other 3 (national chains) have people who tell me their computer system only goes back to 1980, they can't help me. then I ask to see the manager who is the only ASE certified mechanic working there fresh out of college and sometimes can get me what I'm after. I don't want to talk down those who went to college for automotive, I did. But there is a fine line between a college education and real world experience. those who have both are an asset to parts stores, the rest are just their to sell you products they can find in their computer.
Needless to say, when I need something, I go to the two local owned places 90% of the time even if something may cost a few dollars more.
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Post by Dan MacMillan on Jul 31, 2013 11:31:46 GMT -5
Aren't the uneducated computer parts people fun, especially when the computer is WRONG. The only thing worse is when the shelf is empty and you ask if they have more. Typical response is "If there is none on the shelf then we are out of stock". Then you have to force then to get off there ass and look, only to find out there are 50 in the back room. There response quickly changes to "How many would you like?". That's when I say all of them. When they are all brought out I take one and thank him for doing his job and restocking the shelf. Just my way of making life easier for the next customer.
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Post by jspbtown on Jul 31, 2013 11:46:16 GMT -5
The last time I went in I went to get a belt for my son's 3000gt. It has two belts...an A/C belt and an accessory belt. I had already replaced the A/C belt so I was looking for the accessory belt.
The kid looks it up, tells me the price and goes and gets it. He brings it out and I look at it (I always do) and tell him its not right. He looks it up and tells me it is right. I tell him that it is no way right because it is too small. He then asks if I want it. I tell him no cause its the wrong one. So he rotates the screen for me to see and says "see...its the right one" and I tell him "No...thats the one for the A/C". Ooops.
And just the other day I order a new starter for my Deserter. They don't have them in stock so they order it (which I knew from looking online). Next day I go to get it and again decide to look in the box to see if its the right one. Not only is it not a self supported one from an autostick but its actually a used standard starter. Yup...used. About an inch of crud caking the whole thing.
The guy behind the counter looked confused. He said "Oh..they must not have rebuilt this one". No dummy...someone bought a autostick starter then dumped the old starter in the box and returned it for credit (not a core but a credit). And some dope like you gave him a credit without looking at the freaking thing.
Believe it or not that also once happened with an oil filter for my motorcycle. Someone actually returned a used filter and it was placed back on the shelf!
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Post by Big-birds-ride on Jul 31, 2013 12:18:21 GMT -5
No dummy...someone bought a autostick starter then dumped the old starter in the box and returned it for credit (not a core but a credit). And some dope like you gave him a credit without looking at the freaking thing. Believe it or not that also once happened with an oil filter for my motorcycle. Someone actually returned a used filter and it was placed back on the shelf! Well I can understand the average Joe not picking up on the fact that some customer just pulled one over on them. Its sad that there are so many who love to scam someone else. |
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They said most people just replace the entire shaft. ($3 compared to $100, I'll take the cost of $3? 
) Luckily there was a CARQUEST down the road from NAPA and I bought their last pack also. Which has a date of 2010 on it.
