Patches Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Figure it would be good to have a page to showcase some shoddy mechanical work! I'll start us off... Got a shell off another member from this site (who will remain unnamed) but they "fitted" my new ball joints for me. Must have used an angle grinder or something. Morons! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tango123 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 woahh! fine bit of workmanship Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 o jeez they used an angle grinder to get the baljoin off ha ha ( the lazy way ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 when would you ever dream to doing that? just smash it out with a hammer? Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesglanza Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 For the sake of a £5-£10 ball joint separater/spliter is it worth getting the grinder out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pockrockgtti Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Lol. What a butcher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russleh Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Even some garages are a waste of time. Balljoint was shot on one of my n/a's and I just wanted it sorted for mot. They wouldn't even give me a price as they didn't know how easy it would come out. Took it home 5 mins hacksawing down the side of the bolt andc a hammer and it was done . a mechanic that struggles with that is a mechanic that I won't use again lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Figure it would be good to have a page to showcase some shoddy mechanical work! I'll start us off... Got a shell off another member from this site (who will remain unnamed) but they "fitted" my new ball joints for me. Must have used an angle grinder or something. Morons! name this man it may stop others getting stuff from him thats potentially dangerous, that or if you are reading explain yourself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 This was the the mount on my first GT, it had a LSD mount and some cunt had forced it to fit a normal box haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patches Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) . Edited April 9 by Patches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 This motor had a shit load of work done at down at T.D did it not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 This was the the mount on my first GT, it had a LSD mount and some cunt had forced it to fit a normal box haha.I was thinking of this as soon as i saw this thread, top notch engineering 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 ^^^ holy moly im suprised that didnt snap of ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patches Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Nice gearbox mount, madness. Its as if these cunts dont realise cutting corners like that can end up killing someone. No moralsThis motor had a shit load of work done at down at T.D did it not?It did yea, was a bare shell when i got it so very unlikely any of the bad stuff had anything to do with them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jordan walker Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 best one ive experienced is I bought a 106 gti I drove it about 20 miles home and went to pick my girlfriend up I got half way up the farm lane where she lives and the car just stopped dead. I was thinking what the fuck it cant be the clutch the car doesn't just stop like that so got out and had a look underneath see if id beached it on a rock somehow and the gearbox was sat on the floor... on closer inspection I found that the previous owner had stripped all the threads out of the gearbox to bolt the mount on and thought the best fix would be to grind the bolts into pegs and chemical metal them back in hahaha when I replaced the box for a one with threads I found on closer inspection the cunt had done the same with two of the front wheel bolts so I had to replace the front hub. the guy loved his chemical metal like lucky it happened at 5mph on a farm track and not 70+ on a motorway eh? cant say id like to see what would have happened at all. im all up for an easy fix but when your potentially going to kill someone its probably best to atleast try and do things properly... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whitenoize Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) best one ive experienced is I bought a 106 gti I drove it about 20 miles home and went to pick my girlfriend up I got half way up the farm lane where she lives and the car just stopped dead. I was thinking what the fuck it cant be the clutch the car doesn't just stop like that so got out and had a look underneath see if id beached it on a rock somehow and the gearbox was sat on the floor... on closer inspection I found that the previous owner had stripped all the threads out of the gearbox to bolt the mount on and thought the best fix would be to grind the bolts into pegs and chemical metal them back in hahaha when I replaced the box for a one with threads I found on closer inspection the cunt had done the same with two of the front wheel bolts so I had to replace the front hub. the guy loved his chemical metal like lucky it happened at 5mph on a farm track and not 70+ on a motorway eh? cant say id like to see what would have happened at all. im all up for an easy fix but when your potentially going to kill someone its probably best to atleast try and do things properly... bloody hell that could have been an absolute disaster I couldn't do that to a car and sell it on id shit myself incase I killed sumone Edited June 13, 2015 by Whitenoize Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aleximport25 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 When I bought mine the was one bolt holding the front gearbox mount (I found out after it snapped off) came to remove the box the ball joint bolts was finger tight there was quiet a few bolts missing. Oh and some crazy shit exhaust which had broke around the centre silencer allowing me to pull the exhaust out with the baffles. Legendary work fella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 When I bought mine the was one bolt holding the front gearbox mount (I found out after it snapped off) came to remove the box the ball joint bolts was finger tight there was quiet a few bolts missing. Oh and some crazy shit exhaust which had broke around the centre silencer allowing me to pull the exhaust out with the baffles. Legendary work fella.This is the kinda shit that happens when people who have zero fuckin clue what they are doing work on their own car!See a lot of it on here, fair enough if youre mechanically minded or have an adult to help you then go ahead haha.Garages have no excuse though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 This was the the mount on my first GT, it had a LSD mount and some cunt had forced it to fit a normal box haha. Fuck sake! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Fuck sake! Im glad i got that motor as a rolling shell and never drove it in that state! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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