Shop Horror
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:49 pm
So I decided to buy my girlfriend's dad's 2008 Buddy 125 with 2k miles on it. I'm getting it from him for only $600.00 
. Here is the downs side though. Prior to me getting it, it turns out the gear oil drain plug had fallen out and was never notice and ridden without gear oil. So my girlfriend's dad and I took it to the shop to rebuild the final drive/rear end. Unfortunately the only repair shop here is not a genuine dealer so we had to order all the parts after we waited a month for the mechanic just to tare it apart to let us know what we needed to order. Gears,bearing,seal, ect. Finally three months after taking it in they said it was ready. Or not. After they put everything together there was a very audible metal on metal grinding sound. So they took it apart to find out whats wrong. They thought it was the clutch so they decided to run the scooter with out the clutch bell on to see if the clutch was opening properly. This is where the fun starts. The tech that was helping the mechanic gave it too much gas so the clutch without it's bell on it, had nothing to stop it from opening up way past its normal position. The spring on the clutch broke and pieces of the clutch and springs went flying. Unluckily for them A big piece of the clutch destroyed the airbox and air filter and it also damaged the drive shaft. So now at no cost to me they are basically rebuilding my buddy. It sucks that I still can't ride it but on the up side I don't have to pay for any of the repairs now.
. Here is the downs side though. Prior to me getting it, it turns out the gear oil drain plug had fallen out and was never notice and ridden without gear oil. So my girlfriend's dad and I took it to the shop to rebuild the final drive/rear end. Unfortunately the only repair shop here is not a genuine dealer so we had to order all the parts after we waited a month for the mechanic just to tare it apart to let us know what we needed to order. Gears,bearing,seal, ect. Finally three months after taking it in they said it was ready. Or not. After they put everything together there was a very audible metal on metal grinding sound. So they took it apart to find out whats wrong. They thought it was the clutch so they decided to run the scooter with out the clutch bell on to see if the clutch was opening properly. This is where the fun starts. The tech that was helping the mechanic gave it too much gas so the clutch without it's bell on it, had nothing to stop it from opening up way past its normal position. The spring on the clutch broke and pieces of the clutch and springs went flying. Unluckily for them A big piece of the clutch destroyed the airbox and air filter and it also damaged the drive shaft. So now at no cost to me they are basically rebuilding my buddy. It sucks that I still can't ride it but on the up side I don't have to pay for any of the repairs now.
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While the buddy has been in the shop I have been ridding my girlfriend's identical buddy whenever she's not riding it.