On my 92 the steering boot is RIGHT next to the lower control arm bolt. To
get the bolt out you have to pull the boot down so the bolt head doesnt rip
it, and even then its a close fit. If they just started pounding on the
control arm bolt without thinking where it was coming out, then they should
eat that cost.
mm
----- Original Message -----
From: "MAGNUM S/T" <khoegen@charter.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: DML: What's my next step (long BAD MECHANIC story)
>
> Here's my story:
>
> Went to get my Dak MA State inspection at a local garage. They failed it
due
> to bad inner tie rods. Within the next week, I brought the Dak to a
> Firestone shop to get an all points vehicle inpsection to see if the Dak
had
> any OTHER problems...and to verify the state inspection findings. The
result
> is that Firestone said the same....bad inner tie rods, but everthing else
> good.
>
> I made an appointement to get the work done by the shop who failed the Dak
> in the first place (about 2 weeks after the initial inspection). I dropped
> it off at night so they could do the work the following day. They called
me
> the same day and said they found that I also needed upper and lower ball
> joints on the right side! I explainined that this was not the intial
> diagnosis and that Firestone didn't find the issue either. Needless to
say,
> I caved...thinking replacing the ball-joints isnt' such a bad idea
> anyway...plus they refused to pass the Dak for inspection without doing
them
> also! Now for the extra....they can't fix it when the said they could
> because it will be an all day job.....so I left the 'unsafe' Dak with them
> for the following week (instead of driving it around).
>
> Now it's the following week...I get a call to say that while the Dak was
> being aligned, somehow the Rack-n-pinion boot got damaged resulteding in a
> leak. Diagnosis.......they need to replace the entire rack. NOW, this is
> assumed to be NOT MY COST, since it happened while they had my vehicle.
Fact
> remains, they have my dake for 1.5 weeks and it is still broken, and now
> with something new. They got me by the balls since if I head down there
and
> take the Dak from them they can claim the damage was somehow done by
> me...and the damn thing is still not inpected.
>
> I need advice! I need my truck as of next monday or I'll need a rental to
> get to and from work! This is in Massachusetts...I want to make sure I
cover
> my ass and not make a wrong move. I can take SH*t and say I'll take them
to
> court on this, but realistically...I still need a vehicle...and court aint
> gonna solve anything SOON. Anyway I can put a fire under thier as%es to
get
> this moving. Can I get the state involved?
>
> Any help is appreciated
> TIA
> -Kevin
>
>
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