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Midnight Racer

By Midnight Racer,
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LightAssassin

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The caps... they hurt my head!

After working in the Engineering industry (the big stuff, mines, pipelines etc...), I can tell you a screw up similar to that would have caused havoc and got the company a black mark industry wide.

The company should have replaced all parts involved due to not completing work to specs atleast as a good will gesture. By not doing this, they are causing their own issues and getting a bad rep.

Customer service is important no matter where you go or where you work, sometimes you have to just let in for what you may not agree with for the sake of your reputation.

This isn't just some horror story, but a serious matter. It happened, and recently. It isn't a friend of mines uncles brothers dog walkers sister. It's well known people in the community being affected directly by this "blunder".

Back to the topic:

Have you got it diagnosed yet? how much damage was done? any quotes?

I'm interested to see how you went.

The Dan Grand Master

The Dan

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Hey dan, off the beaten track a little, but what can you do for me in the clutch department - i think mine is slipping and will need a new one shortly.

Can these things be reconditioned?

In some cases the clutch can be reconditioned but you would really only bother with a twin or triple plate. Too many people do a half arsed job trying to cut costs when in actual fact it will end up costing you twice as much because the pressure plate has worn out or something similar. Unless you have a multiplate clutch, just replace it with a new one. There are a few different options when it comes to single plate clutches so it's besty to discuss these things over PM or phone. You have my number.

Cheers, Daniel.

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Imtorqing

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My bad with the Caps. Until u guys mentioned it I didnt even realise I had done it.

Im not pissed or anything all I was saying was John did my engine and I am very happy. I would be pissed though if the same thing happened to me and the builder denied it being his bad.

Cheers

The Dan Grand Master

The Dan

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I have seen a chapman engine at the same engineers that dan uses so not sure if they use the same place or not.

yeah Andrew uses Chilton Engineering also.

I will never take my engineering work anywhere else and neither will Andrew. Absolutely no better engineer on the planet.

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