Thanks I usually do online research on parts I require for the job I never actually read the box I took the word of the person selling the part. I will in the future ask more questions and insure Im gettImg the correct part. Thanks again for sharing this information. 👍

 

Answering in the bold color of your response:
* The online research would be to go DIRECTLY to the manufacture of the parts website.
* NEVER reading the box indicating possibly missing important installation information about the part. As well origin of manufacture. Many companies will show USA flags and logos but in the fine print made in other then the country on the box. This is legal to sell in the USA because they can simply state BOXED in the USE or assembled in the USA.
* The person selling the part in all likelihood is nothing more than a person that needed a job. Very few parts business will actually hire an experienced individual for parts counter sales. They are generally the lowest paying employee. There is actually an ASE Part specialist certification but very few companies offer that to their parts counter employees and even very few take it upon themselves to pay and gain that certification. Keep that ibn mind when you buy your nest part "taking the word of the parts counter person"! This also falls in line with asking them questions. Think about it an average counter parts employee gets at or slightly uphove minimum wage but entry level service mechanic generally about 2+ dollars an hour more._
*Part of getting the correct part is to open the container the part came in and carefully and meticulously comparing both parts, the part you are replacing and the part you are replacing it with. In the retail industry as a whole auto parts sold at retail outlets have more mis boxed part item then any other retail item sold in any category. Think about that ! Although AMAZON may be globally catching up? lol As I said to reduce the chance of getting an incorrect part is to go directly to the parts manufactures cataloging. NO CROSSOVER CHART or other services that globally offer parts look up.
Alway have you VIN, model and trim, the exact month and year of production type available which will help reduce the chances of getting a wrong part.

There is actually much more to this parts acquisition but those are the basic's.

Back in the day it was nearly impossible to get an incorrect part if the customer had all the correct information about their vehcle. Computer parts look up was in their infant begins and cataloging was the way to look up manually to find a part. There were several hundred catalogs and if it got busy a salesperson may have to wait a turn to use a specific catalog rack to look up a part. Now you have the "kid" that can wiz through a parts look up on the computer and just assume that because the computer found the part number its is correct part. Or they don't take the time to read all the notes having to do with that part they looked up. Then you get the all to often "is there anything else I can help you with 'no?" "ok Thank you have a nice day NEXT"!

 

Thanks once again for all that important information on buying parts and what to look for when purchasing parts never went such parts detail besides looking it up and then off to the parts store and they look it up. I assumed it was the correct part that was given to me even just looking it over should have read the box and the instructions insuring its the correct one. In the future after reading your response I will be more careful in the future. Thank you once again for this information. 👍

 

If you ever see an auto parts employee wearing this, you can trust what they say!

 

I will definitely keep that in mind thanks for informing me of this wasn't aware they had something that designates their training. 👍

 

The downfall to this if you read what I said is that it costs money per employee and a pre-testing training seminar while not mandatory is really needed..
In the 1990's I taught the pretest for Parts Tech class for a large Autoparts chain. That chain was known in the auto parts retail business in its location (119) retail stores as one of the best to go to. Sadly they were acquired by another auto parts chain totaling over 500+ nationwide stores. Unfortunately, that chain no longer participated in educating their employee. So, they are back to what I mentioned about auto parts retail outlets.

 

Thanks again

 

Re bleed that cylinder.

 

Thanks for that information I thought any large vehicle maintenance would have a training program to keep the mechanics up to date on the new technology and suggestions on how todo a job in a more timely manner I do read all your posts and its much appreciated you take the time explaining these changes in the industry lots of things have changed since when I twisted wrenches. I will take your advice and bleed that R/R brake calliper since thats the one with the replacement EPB motor installed on it. Thanks again I do value your feedback 👍

 

Thank you I hope it helps you ?
Unfortunately, it takes time out from work and is not cheap even in group attendance. And the cost for an Indvidual to get certified in different area's is from about $1000 + and most require that you have verifiable experience before being accepted in some of the program offered.
Not directed at you
The other thing is so many DIY that think because they are... can DIY almost anything on a vehcle. I like them actually because they will ensure that the service industry will remain strong for decades fixing their repairs they attempted themselves. LOL
We get at least one per week in the shop that totally *botched a DIY service.

Not directed at you:
Its great because it gives me better ways to post responses on various forums and I often am pretty blunt in my replies. The ones that take the most offense to my responses are generally those that fit the *category.