There
are only so many jobs that you can do for yourself when it comes to
working on your van. I, like the rest of you, have to use other
service providers for certain jobs. The main one being tyres, it is
far better to let them do the job - seeing as they have all the kit!
OK!
with that in mind we had a couple of tyres that needed to be replaced
because they had worn out. So, took the van in to get them replaced.
A
couple of days later I noticed something was flapping about under the
van, which was strange, so I decided to have a look, jacked the front
up and discovered what looked like a mud flap/ deflector at the back
of the wheel arch which was not broken before the new tyres were
fitted. I do not like complaining or pointing the finger at other
trade professionals because I have been on the end of “It was OK
until you worked on it” situation. In this case however I'm going
to complain. Why? Because they had also drilled the wheel nuts on so
tightly, I had to use a meter long handle on my breaker bar with socket
to move it! They should know better! They don't know it, but we now
use another tyre fitter for all our work.
The
upside of this is that our good friends at Plasweld were able to
weld the broken plastic back together. Which saved us having to track
down an expensive replacement. They are wizards with anything plastic
whether motor related or not.
To
show our appreciation I'm going to point you in their direction of Plasweld - I
know the web site shows a lot of motor bike work but do not let that
put you off. The same materials are used by both car and bike etc.
