Plymouthy Adams Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 stop yelling for a man not to operate a 12K lb lift...ANSWER when he shears the pulley stud clean off the bracket.... a new neighbor who got this big Atlas lift..he and another guy put it together would not work..I was asked last night to look see and probably tell him what was wrong..obvious to most casual observer the cables were not ran correctly.....I asked the man not to operate the hydraulics..as we will have to first correct this condition.....but no...he ran it up..and ripped the pulley stud clean away...as far as I am concerned the stud was faulty...and he is lucky not to have had a car or truck in position..personally I am not impressed with the lift..workmanship of the safety overall..but then THAT IS JUST MY OINION and I could care less who may or may not agree...too many shortcuts in quality and component material..an accident just waiting to happen. This fix will be quite the undertaking I assure you...he voided his warranty by improper assembly. They already refusing to talk on the phone.. Quote
Don Coatney Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Sounds like a law suit waiting to happen. Run and hide quickly. Quote
T120 Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) No doubt a scary situation to witness ...and as I gather Don implied,(forgive me if I'm in error), - if called -I saw nothing... Edited March 29, 2015 by Ralph D25cpe Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Posted March 30, 2015 I just returned from there where I have guided the man in the next phase...safe repair of said damage...the man himself does not have a clue to shop safety in any respect...his anchor bolts are not what I call properly affixed and have asked that he revisit this aspect also...BEFORE he tries to put another vehicle off the ground.. Quote
Niel Hoback Posted March 30, 2015 Report Posted March 30, 2015 My concern; If he couldn't follow instructions, or figure out how the cables were to be run, he probably shouldn't be working on a vehicle over his head. Or anywhere else for that matter. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Posted March 30, 2015 the book itself is not forthcoming either but with a tad of study..and "knowing how it is supposed to work" you can see what needs be done..there were three so called local mechanics putting this thing together... Quote
Ulu Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) at what point do you stop yelling for a man not to operate a 12K lb lift... You simply cannot tell folks what they are determined not to hear, particularly after they misinterpret what "The guy at the store said..." My friend bought some primer for his classic Honda 305 Dream. I told him to exchange it for a sealer-primer. His surface was already fine, but he bought a very expensive brand of hi-build sandable primer, (because, "The guy at the paint store said...") . They gouged him on the price too, so he thought he had the world's best primer & would not listen when I told him it was the wrong stuff. I asked, "Did you get any thinner for it?" I figured to just thin it a lot & shoot it to make him happy. (Of course he didn't. "The guy at the paint store said..." he could use it without thinner.) "Well then," I told him, "I can't shoot this at all." He yells: "I'LL SHOOT IT MYSELF THEN #$@&*&^!" (Holy chit mon! I flinched a bit...) "Ok," I said "Here's the gun. Then he fills the gun with thick primer & doesn't thin it at all. That stuff was like putty it was so thick! I warned him again and again that it was way too thick to shoot, but he could barely hear me at all by that point. I said, "Check the regulator & see how much pressure you've got!" It was already on 40psi. That made him think a bit & he cranked the regulator up another 5 lbs. I snickered quietly to myself He pulled the trigger & not much happened. "Too thick!" I shout over the compressor. He shoots into the air repeatedly as he cranks the pressure up & up, and I step back in case he blows my el-cheapo primer gun apart. He satisfies himself that primer is indeed shooting into the air & without even testing the pattern on a scrap, he starts priming the bike. Anyhow he shot big, thick, drippy globs of primer all over a bike he's spent months stripping & metal working, and spoiled all his hard work in under 2 minutes. Then the guy blames my compressor, and he cranks up the air again! He then proceeds to shoot even worse blobs of primer on the other side of the bike. When he stoped cussin' I gave him a rag and a can of lacquer thinner, & while I cleaned his mess out of my gun, he washed all his expensive primer (& $5 worth of my thinner) off onto the ground. Finally he mutters: "Why the hell didn't you stop me?" "I told you it was the wrong stuff about 10 times buddy." I reply. "Yeah, but WHY didn't you STOP me?" Huh? He wanted to wrestle maybe? Fisticuffs? I guess I coulda cold-cocked him with the quart of primer, but WTH??? In spite of everything, he still tried to see this debacle as my fault, somehow. I didn't stop him. Huh! (And I didn't help him clean up all that primer either! ) Edited April 2, 2015 by Ulu Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 So you have another friend who is just like PP Suggest you be a bit more selective when picking friends. Remember you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you cant pick your friends nose. Quote
Ulu Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 Can't pick their primer either evidently. Anyhow, we haven't been friends in many years. As for PP he seems very amenable, but I've only met him 3 times. Quote
Ulu Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 Someone complained about my language & I have to apologize to you guys. Too many years spent hanging out in less civilized quarters of the world & the culture has rubbed off on me. Quote
Captain Neon Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 there were three so called local mechanics putting this thing together... It is truly scary that there are people this clueless that are making some sort of a living repairing other people's vehicles. Finding a good mechanic is truly a difficult task, and there are lots of bad ones out there that even come highly recommended. I won't go into my experiences with a flathead-era MoPar "expert" in Colorado. Quote
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