Well people please be aware, that Robert could be hit or miss( lots of money down the drain).
After using him twice before for rotor and brake jobs, I schedule with him for a wheel bearing replacement. Let's start with that he came late and showed up with the friend/apprentice who started to work on my car and Robert started working on his own truck replacing the tail lights.
The apprentice knew very basic stuff and clearly lacked knowledge and experience. After numerous hits with the hammer to remove the axle nut, he managed to strip the thread of the axle. Then Robert came to help trying to re-thread the axle. After few minutes he started grinding the CV axel with a socket and impact I never ever so anything like that.
That was the first time I had to go to the store and buy the axle nut so they could re-thread the axle and secure the wheel bearing. After unsuccessful grinding and re-treading, they busted the whole CV axle and I needed to go and buy I new one. Robert was saying anyway your CV axle needs to be replaced. I didn't agree with him but at this time what I could do? I went I bought a brand new CV axle from NAPA boring the vichle from my co-worker. After I came back he said it would be a 15min job. On the CV axle label was clearly said that the inner seal needed to be replaced when replacing the CV axle. He stated that is not necessary and he's done that a hundred times and he proceeded with installation. I told him that I was going for a long trip in a few days and Im taking my family with me and I wanted the car to be safe. He assured me that everything was good and I was all set. They didn't do a test drive or double-check, they were obviously rushing to finish the job and leave.
I ended up paying for the job whatever he agreed.
In a few days, I took a 400-mile trip just to find myself and my family stranded on the road because of the oil differential leak from that inner seal around the CV axle. I soon as I found out about the leak I texted him and told him about it and he just said that everything was installed properly and he couldn't see what would break in the future and that my car had some rust.(I must say Y
Robert probably never seen a car from the north ). I ended up calling another Mechanic who came and confirmed that everything was over tightened and he had hard time disassembling the axle. As well he confirmed that most probably the CV axle was not installed properly That's why the differential ended up leaking. I was also lucky that I did not "cook" my differential. Our family vacation Was about to be ruined and we lost one full day plus the extra cost of parts and labor to fix the half job Robert and his apprentice caused to me. The mechanic recommended giving Robert to a small claim cout to recoup my losses but I think this review would be enough And hopefully, he learned his lesson. read more