QUOTE(hiroki8704 @ Sep 18 2014, 03:52 PM)
last week my window cant wind up due some ball bearing got out of rail, maklumlah, old car, hence normal tear n wear.
my objective is to put back the ball back into the rail only. the boss of lim tayar came and examine, plug out another rail with a plastic proytective bearing covering it. and he claims the plastic is wore off due to aged. for god sake i am standing THERE WATCHING, he assume i mislooked or something that he just plug out somehting from my car. Howverr it is true as per i c memang already gone case but i can still choose to fix back the original bearing that is out of rail and my window will b up again without needing to fork out 600++ just to replace an old regulator/switch/rail and bearing as per mentioned everything looks intact to me except for the 5 sen size plactic covering the smaller bearing which is totally out of the question.
what i did was i don bother as i only as them to put back the loss bearing back to the window rail and there goes 35 for opening and assmebling bacxk the ball into rail.
abt changing the whole regulator and window switch is really rediculous. and it happened in lim tayar latest branch in bangsar.
moral of the story, do stand beside the mechanic and understand from them instead of the boss that claims need to change the whole mechanism just for simple wire issue which is later cos a bomb.
Now you know how to open the door, can just do it yourself in future.
Cars are just like PCs. If (some) pc technician knows that you know shit about computers when you hand it over to them for repairs, they'll say that the motherboard need replacement while it's just the CMOS battery that needs changed. Because you know nothing about computers, you fork out RM500 to replace the mobo rather than spending RM5 for changing battery.
Learning about cars is good so we don't get cheated by mechs. For simple stuffs we can DIY, but of course complex require additional big boys tools that we don't have, so we need to send the car over. But still, at least we know something and can fight back.