timing belt jumped

[IndianaVX]

Well, heres the latest,
if ever given the choice, i WOULD NOT get a extended warranty from gaurdian warranty company.
the warranty company called me today, and said he found a shop that could REBUILD my cylinder head in one day, and send it back out the next day. i am totally disgusted. i had offered to go half way on a new head (899 complete head) and he was going to go for that, then i discover that he and my mechanic talked friday on this rebuilding thing, leaving me totally in the dark for the weekend. so it looks like the head will be rebuilt, if not done correctly, i will probably be broke down again in a couple of months. im trying to be optomistic, but a couple of weeks ago, my mechanic was saying how he wouldnt want to rebuild it from the way the "bearing" sirface was too worn, and to build this up, and then cut it back in would be a lost cause.
who knows.......bout fed up.
i guess ill have my vx back pretty soon though, so thats good.

david

[etlsport]

david, sorry to hear about all this happening to you and your VX i dunno what id do without my vx for two months, two days away from it and i was goin crazy! hope everything works out well though... heres to many years of minimal maintenance driving!

[IndianaVX]

thanks etl, id go for those beers right bout now......lol

well,
yesterday, my cylinder head came in......after 7 days, not 1 day turnaround, and one day back. so im fired up, but tryin not to get too excited, you know......
so today, i figure they are putting things back together, and i was wondering about a motor flush, or at very least, change the oil, filter etc. so i stop by and ask them about this, and how things were going...........


the indexing pin was fixed, and only one cam needed work, so what do these guys so highly recommended by my warranty guy do??? take both cams out, then when reassybling, two of the gears were in backwards, and in the wrong place, and a bolt that holds the cop on, was sticking halfway out, and another bolt wrapped in paper, rolling round loose in the box the head was in........

I dont make this stuff up...............

so my mechanic is fixing what should have been fixed, when it was sent to be fixed.....he told the warranty company that they just singed an open ticket to get this going again which means to me, for the amount that this head repair is gonna cost anybody but me, we could have had a NEW COMPLETE CYLINDER HEAD FOR LESS THAN 900 BUCKS............go figure

i didnt even have the energy to ask when they thought they would have it done.....

Hopefully, in the next 30 days i will be back in the vx saddle again!!! lol

take it easy people
thanks

david

breakdown date 3-30-2007 76 days ago

[biju]

Hang in there! Hope all comes together as it should, and she runs like new!

-biju.

[IndianaVX]

well,
its done.....sitting in the parking lot at the mechanic. but i cant drive it till the billing is all done. how ever long that will take errrrrrr.......man, its so close......i actually went and sat by it earlier tonight.....its all dusty, rr tire is low, the cladding looks soooooo dry. the alarm was on, so i couldnt get inside. i havent sat in it for so long. i dont think ill be able to sleep tonight........this is like Christmas, and you already know what your present is, but you cant play with it full time till its "offically opened" man, i cant wait much longer........
it will be interesting how this whole warranty issue plays out.

[Ldub]

GOOD NEWS...& with any luck, a happy ending.

[Dino]

Oh man I hope so too..