So a week or so ago I hit a big hole in the road where they are doing construction on Cloud Springs... immediately after my alignment was really bad and it pulled me to the right.

I took it to coker tire this morning because they did a great job on my mexi and my bus in late 07 when i took it to them... unfortunately theyve changed staff since then. I told them NOT to straighten the steering wheel and align it because i'd had it off and put it back on wrong... but even after telling them 3 times they straightened it anyhow "from underneath" this is not good...
the bad thing tho is that once i got the car back it seemed to pull even harder to the right... they made the toe slightly negative "to compensate for the positive caster" even though i don't see how that really helped... it made it worse

So after thinking about it i took the car to pep boys where i got my tires.. thinking i may have messed up the tire... they switched the tires from one side to another and no change...

so i get home and i am frustrated wondering what is wrong with my car... so i go and look at it myself even though i am sick with most likely allergies and get all stuffy and sneezy outside... but hey i gotta fix my car!

So after like two seconds of looking at my car i see something is messed up in the front end... its obvious... but what it is i am not sure...

Thanks, I have the bentley that shows me what to do, but there is no mention of any special tools except that bubble angle leveler thing...  everyone seems to think this is a relatively easy job... what special tools am I going to need?

I've never really taken apart the front end... what's different on the 71 fasty than a regular bug or other vw?

I'm not gonna come over cause I'm still kinda sick... and not really sure I know how to get to your house anymore

And to answer your question, the only thing that has happened to the good  techs is they are hiding at home because they have grown tired of arguing with people about cars.... since the customer usually seems to have a better idea of how to fix the car than they do.  That's my view at least. :wink:

Those coming into this line of work now suck.  plain and simple.  They are not made of the stuff the old timers were.  I'd rather be known as a mechanic over a technician any old day.

At least a mechanic can figure out how to actually fix something....without a scan tool.
 

Testify, brother!.... =D>

I blame the accesibility of info. on the internet.  Most customer related arguments around here start with them saying "I saw on the internet...."

After that, it's pretty much on like Donkey Kong....
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the type 3 is a whole different beast... I would NEVER put a type one front end on it... is that even safe? and why bother when type 3 parts are readily available? Granted the first phone call I made on parts (really wasn't a parts call but ended up that way) I didn't get a price cause i wasn't looking... second call was more than I wanted to pay and 3rd was offered a whole beam free... so it took me about 20-30 min to get a whole front end free...

Point is... 3 type 3 beams in 30 min... and I honestly wasn't even looking very hard...