Cirrus, Back In The Shop...

[flagmanruss]

I've had the pot hole damage fixed in the front where I bottomed it...  a few days ago, I started hearing a thump/bang on some bumps but not all.  Eventually I eliminated all my scooter / walker parts & decided it coincided with the rear wheels.  It sounded like the right rear.  I took it by the wheel & brake shop yesterday, they/I looked at it, dropped it off last night.  The rear link that keeps the axle under the car...  the mounting bracket was broken in half, on the frame.   

Pot hole problem with auto damage is all over the news...  it's like playing dodge 'em.   Actually if you break a wheel or become disabled in the pot hole, the state or city will pay for the repairs...  otherwise you are SOL.  (**** Outta Luck!) 

Hopefully, I'll get the car back Friday.     

[Ilikeoldfords]

Guess I wont complain about ND roads anymore   Sounds pretty bad out there. How come they havent fixed the roads? If they are paying for the damage done to peoples cars then they obviously have the funds to fix the roads IMHO.

[Wild and Free]

I would have pulled it out of the shop and backed it into the biggest pot hole I could find and then call for help.

[flagmanruss]

Yeah, I'd need to put on the bent rim from when I hit a hunk of firewood that fell of a truck in front of me.  Pretty much need a busted rim to get reimbursed.  And the car's been in the shop 3 separate times.  The shop must know my phone by heart now!    

Our winters are usually pretty moderate...  above freezing days & below nights but some years NOT.  We hated these winters at the boat yard...  much more damaging to the docks.   Anyrate, there's no hot asphalt because all the processors are closed until spring.  They're putting cold patch in which lasts until the next storm. 

[hex0rz]

Wow, what a waste of money! All that asphalt and it does no good! Around here, they try and patch the potholes, but they know its no good. The best way to rid the potholes now, is to resurface the whole road.

 

I watched the news early morning and they called it a pothole surge!

 

...yep, its just like Iraq/Afghanistan.   

[Mopar1973Man]

You should see the huge potholes McCall, ID has for city streets. What worse is the city continues to was money on cold patch so the plow can rip it back up. This has be a issue for many years and for a rich tourist town it shows me that they continue this method.

[flagmanruss]

I'm driving my "new" Dodge Avenger...  Cirrus is home & Advertized for sale.  

 

Meanwhile the freakin leaky tires are gettng fixed.  I didn't realize how annoying this is but I can't sell it with a known problem (concealed damage).  Yeah, I've bought vehicles with all sorts of concealed damage but I won't do it.  I'm planning to consign the Cirrus at inlaws used car lot...  must be fixed before it goes there.   

 

I should note that I've had it in TWICE to the place I bought these tires...  FREE FLAT REPAIR...  but they didn't FIX it. I think the problem is they are under time pressure...  lift tied up is lost money. 

 

I took the worst leaker off myself (not tying up somebody's lift) & to my wheel & brake man today...  leaking steady around the valve.  I told him to FIX IT.  I'm taking the tire pressures on the others...  Think at least one more will need doing.       

[Ilikeoldfords]

Whenever I get new tires put on, I will always request new valve stems for this reason. They are just rubber like anything else and do get old and worn out. I have seen more tire problems that are valve stem related than anything else I think.

[flagmanruss]

That's the thing...  when I bought these tires & both times I had it back to the tire store for fixing...  they claimed to have replaced the valve stems.  I understand getting in to the seat area is difficult but I maintain they didn't clean that area enough.  They did bead seal them & that seems to have worked.  I'm hearing a lot of stories about people with continual problems with older alloy rims.  A buddy of mine had this problem on a Subaru...  finally traded the car in. 

I had one tire store tell me the only fix was new rims!  Cost half the value of the car! 

 

All this brought me to the point of pulling the wheels myself & taking them in.  Perhaps my old school wheel & brake guy...  tires are a side line...  would have put it in a bay without a lift to fix. 

 

While on a trip, I picked up a nail in the truck.  Tire store insisted in patching from the inside...  insisted he would do it right & they'd not leak.  Well, I'm home now & that tire DOES leak...  very slow...  but it does. 

 

Additional:  Have first tire back& on the car.  My Wheel & Brake guy said they had to use bead sealer around the valve.  I don't care...  I need it to stop leaking.  I might not have gotten a 'new' car if the tires weren't such a PITA. 

Edited September 16, 2014 by flagmanruss

[Ilikeoldfords]

Boy you just have had no good luck with tires!! If the tire with a nail in it was patched correctly, They should have used a plug and patch set up. The patch should have been rated for radial tire use and not just a standard tube patch. Also, tire shops really need to watch what glue they are using when they do the patches. There is a different glue that should be used depending on what patch is used.

 

The only reason I know these things is I am a major distributor for Rema Tip Top products here in the northwest. They make probably the best quality tire repair supplies in the industry as far as I am concerned. More times than not that I have seen, the shop is not doing the repair correctly. Sometimes it is the quality of materials used but most of the time its the work being done that is the issue.