Tell me why...........

[Goldeneagle]

You can disconnect a couple of wires, take couple of bolts out and change out an alternator or A/C compressor. But you have to take half the durn motor apart to put a power steering pump on?

[elkbowhunter]

I have come to find out that ........

Life is not easy

[Buckshot-73]

They want you to take vehicle to the dealership,so they can charge you 105.00$ an hour to fix it.

[Speedgoat]

The Chinese and Japanese manufacturers don't have that problem with their little hands

[Luck_of_the_Draw]

Try taking a starter out of an 05 tundra.


They put it under the intake.

[Smart]

They want you to take vehicle to the dealership,so they can charge you 105.00$ an hour to fix it.

This^^....engineered future revenue...

[super_dave]

Baby hands!

[lameduck]

They want you to take vehicle to the dealership,so they can charge you 105.00$ an hour to fix it.

This^^^^

[Boomer57]

I used to have a 1982 s-10 PU. To change the starter you had to remove right side motor mount and jack the engine up to get it off.

[holdem]

Change a water pump sometimes.

[PSD Ryan]

Not all engineers are maintenance minded. Back in the day, compact cars did not exist. You could literally sit in the engine compartment and work on it. Basic engine design hasn't changed, but cars have. That engine compartment has collapsed, but components haven't moved.

The worst is changing the oil on a lexus suv. The filter is very hard to get out and needs a special tool. Why make the most often component that hard to change? In that case, I think money, because it's on the upper half...not conventional.

[jgard2522]

It makes it faster. Lol

[Redneck Archer]

thats why I drive an OLD chevy... back in the day stuff was made in DETROIT... Where they have regular human sized people working on em. not umpa lumpa's OR the people overseas with LITTLE hands...

AND, I bought a front CV axle for 36 dollars.

[Jp.]

They want you to take vehicle to the dealership,so they can charge you 105.00$ an hour to fix it.

exactly and they dont make nothing off the others but can drive it to you on the p/s pump

[Goldeneagle]

Change a water pump sometimes.

Did the water pump last weekend. The only difference was this time I didn't have to pull the radiator. Surely they could come up with a different style of bracket to make this easier.