My first red flag should have been cash only, no receipt but I needed my drive shaft fixed I was happy. Steve Payton had to press the carrier bearing on because a mechanic cannot do this only a machine shop. Part was approximately $80 paid him $50. This lasted about 2 months if that and it failed again. My mechanic removed the drive shaft and yes carrier bearing was gone again as well as center ujoint. So another $80 plus $120 for the ujoint, took to Steve Payton paid him $110 for the work got my repaired drive shaft back on a Tuesday mechanic installed it and the next day drove it 5 miles and it became inoperable knocking, vibrating and shaking like crazy. Got towed back to the house another $100 my mechanic inspected under my car and the ujoint that Payton installed had came out. He removed the drive shaft and the carrier bearing was ruined, the ujoint was not properly installed. This man DID NOT PUT THE CLIPS IN to hold ujoint in the drive shaft. There had to be clips to hold it in place and he left them off! Stupid and negligent beyond comprehension! My mechanic called him the next day he told him there were no clips? A flat out lie and hung up on my mechanic. I've tried numerous times to reach him to no avail I've sent him pictures of what he did and did not do, no response. I am out now some $500 plus and still cannot drive my car. I now am having to take to a professional drive shaft only business another $300 plus! This man has cost me almost $1000 and refuses to acknowledge or rectify anything. PLEASE think twice before considering him for anything. Even if you have to go out of your way to find another machine shop DO IT! This could have turned out badly for myself and daughter driving when all this went out. Payton's Machine Shop is a joke!!!! read more

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