Hello again motor masters!!!!!
Long Time.
I wonder if you could all help??
I had the tracking done on my polo.the blode did it but said that the two front tyres were buggered.
Being a saturday i just got the tyres done todaay.
Now, its pulling like a bugger to the kerb.
it wasnt before.
on closer inspection, there is more balancing weights than wheel, and a bloody directional tyre on the wrong way round
(arrows pointing to the back)
would this cause a pull???
Cheers all
Aaron
Yes it could also you should do the tracking after you put the new tyres on .
Right I had a sneaky thought this was the case.
Im now off to bounce my front wheel off his sodding head.
(shortly followed by the security bolt)
Suppose there is a lesson to be learned.
Check his bloody work!!!!!
Too many weights on a tyre is either a messed up wheel, or the fitter's inability to match the wheel balance to the tyre balance. Guess which one
the fitter will try and blame first?!!
I've had several tyres fitted that just wouldn't balance up and they've blamed a bad wheel, my response is to get them to match the
yellow dot to the valve. Surprise surprise, it only needs a tiny weight to finish the job.
The tyre being the wrong way round is just plain incompetence though.
Too many weights????
At one point i thought he was fashioning a lew wheel out of the weights........
Check for a bent tie-bar/wishbone caused by incorrect jacking.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Check for a bent tie-bar/wishbone caused by incorrect jacking.
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Check for a bent tie-bar/wishbone caused by incorrect jacking.
yeah last time I was in kwik fit I gave the guy a bollocking as he was about the jack my car up on the edge of the sills! he's like oh I alway jack up there! what a to$$er![]()
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Check for a bent tie-bar/wishbone caused by incorrect jacking.
yeah last time I was in kwik fit I gave the guy a bollocking as he was about the jack my car up on the edge of the sills! he's like oh I alway jack up there! what a to$$er![]()
Makes me glad I've got a decent place just around the corner
Only used quickfit once when I was desperate, jacked the car in what would normally be a terrible spot, but he got away with it as it was the bit
I'd repaired with 4mm plate when I couldn't find anything thinner but they didn't know that....
The favourite game the big chains play is refusing to repair punctures and forcing you to buy new tyres.
A couple of my mates got stung by that one....
[Edited on 28/10/2015 by mcerd1]
Ya can't get thicker than a crap fit fitter!
My wife took the Cavalier (MK2 estate) into Kwik Fit a few weeks ago, only to be refused service. Apparently the car was unsafe to jack.... yes,
it's a tad rusty, but there are a few solid patches if you can be patient enough to look...
Great service!