Kwik Fit Car Servicing

Or simply don't actually know what happened.

Welded something onto the locking bolt such that they could grab it and turn the bolt with greater force.

Perhaps you do your own tyre change & wheel balancing? I'm impressed.

Especially main dealers.

David

Why would you be impressed? Trained chimps can change tyres and do wheel balancing. At Kwik Fit they get to wear uniforms while they do it.

Yeah I know m8. But first you need to find the machines to do those fings.

I'd certainly never go near a garage for replacement pads and discs. Which as you probably don't know also requires the wheels to be removed. I also watch any garage like a hawk when they are re-fitting the wheels after a tyre change. I also check the torque properly immediately afterwards. I simply don't believe they look it up for each and every car.

I depends on the outfit. I saw the guys used a torque wrench set to 110 Nm. Discs and pads are not as straightforward as you might think. Disc needs to be properly measured for alignment (needs equipment). The calliper piston can sometimes be stubborn to push back, especially on an old car. I have done it, but admittedly now let 'them' do it, but of course check the result.

How do you know what it was set to? And that is tighter than any car I know of. So you let them go ahead knowing they'd be over-tightened?

Somehow I don't think I'm going to learn anything from you...

Total bollocks. You just make sure the mating surfaces are clean. If there's a problem after that they're faulty.

They should be cleaned thoroughly before retracting. If they are 'stubborn' something's wrong.

I have checked the manufacturer's data, and this torque setting was correct.

Sorry - missed you're using some foreign measurement. I stick to lb.ft.

You made me worry for a while, so I looked it up. It is still higher than some other cars, but then only 4 bolts are used.

Torque settings for wheel bolts?

That's a bit obsessive, isn't it?

I have rather expensive stainless steel nuts on the old car, so only ever use a socket on them. So it's just as quick to use the torque wrench. They are pretty tolerant though, being vastly over-specced in most cases.

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they told me a shock needed replacing when it was only just put in recently and another branch told me the clutch needed replacing, when there was nothing wrong with it at all. would never ever go near them again.