Dario Moreno wrote:
> The 92 Accord balance shaft seized 20K kms after a timing belt
> replacement When it happened a while ago and I ended up having the
> balance shaft disabled by my mechanic (paid again to access the area) ,
> I did not realize it at the time but now going through my records I
> noticed that during the timing belt job he also replaced balance shaft
> seal and the retainer. My question is whether the seizure had anything
> to do with a sloppy job that the mechanic did. My gut feeling is that
> he screwed up but I would like to know what people on this group think?

very high probability. the shaft just rotates - it doesn't do any
"work", so there's nothing mechanical to screw it up. he probably
munged the retainer.

> I have a 97 CRV @150K km and I do not want to make the same mistake
> again by having him to do the job.

wise.

> Judging also from the fact that he
> charged me CDN $225+tax labor for changing 4 stabilizer links, eight
> bolts in total, on my 97 CRV, I think he is not as honest as I thought
> initially. Thanks.

some of the stabilizer links are expensive if they have the integrated
swivel joints, but if they were just for the rubber donuts, that was
/way/ too expensive.

shop about for someone else. i don't mind paying a little extra for
competence.