This may sound foolish to some of you gearheads, but when you put your engine in for a recall, how can you be certain you get the same one back. Now I realize there must be some serial numbers somewhere to check, but are they on removable parts?
In a shop under normal circumstances, there wouldn't 5 of the same motors being worked on for the same thing. My bike has only about 1500 miles on it, how do I know some mechanic wouldn't put it in his buddies bike that had 14,000 miles on it and puts his motor in my bike and I would never know until I starting seeing premature failures? Then they say, "oh, sorry, with so many motors, it must have been an oversight". I heard some places are even running two shifts, what if one guy starts a job and another finishes the job, it could happen.
I don't mean to sound paranoid, but even hospitals switch babies by mistake sometimes. Should I scribe a few marks in some key places or are the serial numbers enough? I'm just trying to be a little cautious here. Some of you were recommending taking pictures of the bike to prevent damage. But that only covers what is on the outside, I'm concerned about the inside.
Thanks - Paul O'S
In a shop under normal circumstances, there wouldn't 5 of the same motors being worked on for the same thing. My bike has only about 1500 miles on it, how do I know some mechanic wouldn't put it in his buddies bike that had 14,000 miles on it and puts his motor in my bike and I would never know until I starting seeing premature failures? Then they say, "oh, sorry, with so many motors, it must have been an oversight". I heard some places are even running two shifts, what if one guy starts a job and another finishes the job, it could happen.
I don't mean to sound paranoid, but even hospitals switch babies by mistake sometimes. Should I scribe a few marks in some key places or are the serial numbers enough? I'm just trying to be a little cautious here. Some of you were recommending taking pictures of the bike to prevent damage. But that only covers what is on the outside, I'm concerned about the inside.
Thanks - Paul O'S