Post by flatwalkhome on Apr 12, 2009 7:47:33 GMT -5
BEWARE of Powertrain,
I had a rear go out. They made me a "deal" on a rear. $900.00 with 1 year warranty. Myself being a mechanic as well as steerer/gearer removed and replaced, using 5 gallons of gas to wash out the housing before replacement. 28 days and 5,000 miles later the bearing preload ring unscrewed itself. This I learned upon pulling the axles on the side of the road. Friend of mine towed me to powertrain. They immediately insinuated I might have "blown the ring out"
Next day they called to say yep "we messed up, gonna fix you another one" ALL RIGHT GOOD PEOPLE,,,, NOT<<< they called back 15 min. later with a problem... whoever I paid to replace the last one didn't clean it out and it's got all kindsa metal in the housing... TWO options,,, pay us to clean it out OR we'll put it in as is but NO warranty on this unit.... WELLLLL how much labor to clean it out??? 400-500.00.... he said.. you can imagine what I said..... THEN I get home and checked for leaks,, none found,,, aight!!! pulled all week and on SAT morning at port I kept smelling HOT... felt rear and OUCH... it was HOT,,, got home and pulled the fill plug...,, almost 2 gallons low with still no leaks.... IF YOU DEAL WITH THEsE GUYS AND HAVE READ THIS THEN YOU WERE WARNED TO BEWARE.. I had 3 witnesses as to how clean the housing was when we put it in and I woulda ate out of it.. They didn't offer to pay for the two loads I lost OR pay my buddy for the tow...
I had a rear go out. They made me a "deal" on a rear. $900.00 with 1 year warranty. Myself being a mechanic as well as steerer/gearer removed and replaced, using 5 gallons of gas to wash out the housing before replacement. 28 days and 5,000 miles later the bearing preload ring unscrewed itself. This I learned upon pulling the axles on the side of the road. Friend of mine towed me to powertrain. They immediately insinuated I might have "blown the ring out"
Next day they called to say yep "we messed up, gonna fix you another one" ALL RIGHT GOOD PEOPLE,,,, NOT<<< they called back 15 min. later with a problem... whoever I paid to replace the last one didn't clean it out and it's got all kindsa metal in the housing... TWO options,,, pay us to clean it out OR we'll put it in as is but NO warranty on this unit.... WELLLLL how much labor to clean it out??? 400-500.00.... he said.. you can imagine what I said..... THEN I get home and checked for leaks,, none found,,, aight!!! pulled all week and on SAT morning at port I kept smelling HOT... felt rear and OUCH... it was HOT,,, got home and pulled the fill plug...,, almost 2 gallons low with still no leaks.... IF YOU DEAL WITH THEsE GUYS AND HAVE READ THIS THEN YOU WERE WARNED TO BEWARE.. I had 3 witnesses as to how clean the housing was when we put it in and I woulda ate out of it.. They didn't offer to pay for the two loads I lost OR pay my buddy for the tow... 