Very Frustrated
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From: Farmington ,MS
They at first thought it needed new rear wheel bearings, but under the last owner one bearing seemed to have locked up in the wheel and turned in the wheel ruining the fit of the bearing in the wheel. Instead of them replacing the wheel they just put a new bearing in. Its not extremely loose but it is loose in the wheel.
Any machine shop could most likely fix the bearing bore.
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From: Decatur, Alabama
Well for starters I wouldn't be going back to that dealer again. Anybody who installs a bearing in a hub that allows the bearing to spin around isn't going to do that for me.
carl
carl
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From: Central Fl
Well said!
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If I buy anything on line, especially anything of value, I call the company up. I write down the name of who I'm talking to and advise them that I am old and have nothing better to do than track them to the ends of the earth, and that even on my best day no one wants to deal with me. I tell them what application the item is for and make them tell me whether it will work or not. I tell them that if it don't work I'm gonna send it back at their expense or send my wife to where they are and have her kick their ***. By now I've eliminated most of the "sketchy" dealers and they've hung up. If they're still on the line I order and pay for with a credit card so I can stop payment on that. I do send a lot of **** back but I hound the company until they pay for return postage. My days are very full with non productive activities but I have found that is what it turns out I am actually best at. Also, I have always run at least one plug in a tire.
The dealer found the problem with my rear wheel when they went to change the tire last week. They would not let me ride the bike out of the dealer even if I wanted them to leave the original wheel on it.
The new wheel is half of an inch wider, so when the dealer measured the wheel off the rim that is where they got the quarter of an inch off. Anyway they put the new wheel and tire on the bike and got it back to me this afternoon. So I have my bike back and feel much better! They only charged me an hour labour total which they had more time in it then that, and picked the bike up at my house with their truck and trailer. So I feel like I got a fair deal in the end, there was just a lot of frustration mixed in!
The new wheel is half of an inch wider, so when the dealer measured the wheel off the rim that is where they got the quarter of an inch off. Anyway they put the new wheel and tire on the bike and got it back to me this afternoon. So I have my bike back and feel much better! They only charged me an hour labour total which they had more time in it then that, and picked the bike up at my house with their truck and trailer. So I feel like I got a fair deal in the end, there was just a lot of frustration mixed in!
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From: Texas hill country
If I buy anything on line, especially anything of value, I call the company up. I write down the name of who I'm talking to and advise them that I am old and have nothing better to do than track them to the ends of the earth, and that even on my best day no one wants to deal with me. I tell them what application the item is for and make them tell me whether it will work or not. I tell them that if it don't work I'm gonna send it back at their expense or send my wife to where they are and have her kick their ***. By now I've eliminated most of the "sketchy" dealers and they've hung up. If they're still on the line I order and pay for with a credit card so I can stop payment on that. I do send a lot of **** back but I hound the company until they pay for return postage. My days are very full with non productive activities but I have found that is what it turns out I am actually best at. Also, I have always run at least one plug in a tire.
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