Wezzel
Active Member
When are tyre fitters going to get their act together. Surely their profession isn't rocket science?.
On Saturday I was getting some tyres fitted to the wifes car at a place near Hampton Court. I was watching some guy fitting tyres to a very nice new black E class cdi estate. The tyre fitter cranked the nuts up extra tight with an air hammer and then jumped into the car and reversed it out of the bay in his dirty overalls. He had been sitting on the dirty/oily floor of the garage and did not put any plastic or paper on the drivers seat.
It was lucky that the vehicle had black leather and not cream cloth seats.
When I had my tyres fitted recently in Bracknell I was pleasantly supprised to see the fitter using a torque wrench. Unfortunately, whilst waiting to pay I noticed how he was using it on a nearby Beemer. He was again tightening the nuts to within an inch of their life with an air hammer and them checking them with the torque wrench. Obviously the wrench just clicks as the nuts are already overtightened. It is all done just for show.
Sometimes I despair. Perhaps I will take my own wrench along in future and insist on tightening the nuts myself. I may even take my own plastic sheet for the seat.
On Saturday I was getting some tyres fitted to the wifes car at a place near Hampton Court. I was watching some guy fitting tyres to a very nice new black E class cdi estate. The tyre fitter cranked the nuts up extra tight with an air hammer and then jumped into the car and reversed it out of the bay in his dirty overalls. He had been sitting on the dirty/oily floor of the garage and did not put any plastic or paper on the drivers seat.
It was lucky that the vehicle had black leather and not cream cloth seats.
When I had my tyres fitted recently in Bracknell I was pleasantly supprised to see the fitter using a torque wrench. Unfortunately, whilst waiting to pay I noticed how he was using it on a nearby Beemer. He was again tightening the nuts to within an inch of their life with an air hammer and them checking them with the torque wrench. Obviously the wrench just clicks as the nuts are already overtightened. It is all done just for show.
Sometimes I despair. Perhaps I will take my own wrench along in future and insist on tightening the nuts myself. I may even take my own plastic sheet for the seat.