BECAUSE! Besides, I'm willing to bet they get much less than $10/hr ;-)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Vitaly Iourtchenko <vitaly@nuance.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Kragen's torque practices
> I had a puncture yesterday, and not willing to go through the
> humiliation of driving on a spare, I decided to get it fixed right
> away. It was late, but Kragen's was still open, so I decided to
> let them patch up my nearly bald Yoko. Bad idea.
>
> To make a long story short, the dude working the shop torqued my
> wheel to 130 ft-lb (vs 80 ft-lb). It turns out some bloke in a
> Suburban lost a wheel on the highway, and sued the shop. Now they
> torque all cars to 130 ft-lb. When I tried to bring the issue of
> warped rotors to his attention, I was met with a blank stare...
>
> To add insult to injury, he scratched the powdercoating on my wheel
> to the metal while trying to figure out how the mounting machine
> works. Why are these people so incompetent??
>
> Vitaly
> #87 CSP del Sol
>
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