heard a grinding noise. lost charge.
I opened up the primary at a mates place (good mechanic) and found the 750cc primary drive on the 650 crank. I didn't know this part wouldn't work when I supplied it; but Andy didn't tell me either......he just bodged it in with a home made spacer (no woodruf keyway), then spaced the stator off the studs with old nuts that had been drilled out to remove the threads.
The result is a rotor that was only half on the crank and subsequently it threw out of alignment and tore my stator to shreds.
This was the last straw, I fixed the bike witha duplex chain/sprocket and kept the triplex basket then called Andy up to discuss it with him.....calmly.
He got full as a goog that I had taken the machine elsewhere and said that my "warranty" was void. I explained that I had done so for a second opinion form a mechanic that he knew. My reasoning was that when I took the bike to Andy with the cylinder head issue he CHARGED me to remove/reinstall it; even though the reason it failed in the first 10Km's was down to an oversight on his part in that he didn't check the state of the inlet threads before assembly.
At this point I mentioned the lack of washers on the cylinder head and no heat spacers between the carb, he said it had obviously been tampered with after him.....LIAR!
He then had the nerve to say that when I took the bike to him the cylinder head was off......LIAR! He unbolted the head with me in his shed, I made sure he was the ONLY mechanic to touch it at that point and he still ignored any warranty and charged me.
I mentioned why he had used the old nuts and he said they were already on the bike when he got it.....LIAR! only the 650 alternator studs and crank were present, NO primary drive.
My take on it is that just because you are supplied the wrong parts does not mean you fit them incorrectly, and if you find incorrect parts in an engine you do not refit them either.
So the result is that I asked for Andy to reimburse me for the Stator only, I would cover the cost of the primary chain, sprocket and gaskets as I should have supplied these in the first place. I think this was exeptionally fair. He flat declined.
here are the unedited texts so that you can make your own minds up.
"whats the problem with the trump?"
This is the point I called him to discuss as as above; I ended up hanging up on him, and subsequently called some of his (and my) mates to let them now I had a beef with him from this point on.
ANDY - "want to talk about your problem and find a solution to it. I am very proud of my work and the issue should have been raised with me and not anybody else if you wanted the problem fixedthen talk to me I dont give warranty over this ammount of time!" (bear in mind he did not give warranty after 10Km's either; which is why I went for a second opinion after taking advice from his friends in advance)
Chucky - "only solution is reinburse me for the stator; If you're not gonna do that dont bother talking to me again"
ANDY - "Due to non standard parts being fitted to the engine and the period of time elapsed after the machine was delivered to you, in good faith, regardless of klm travelled. I am unable to help. All of our correspondance will be recorded, sorry I couldn't help. Andy"
Chucky - "record the fact that you fitted the non standard parts, don't contact me again!"
So there it is in black and white, make your own minds up. I'm still deciding where to go from here.
On the plus side of all the mates that I have gained since coming here; I've only been screwed over by one....so 99% of em are ok
