03-26-2015, 03:07 AM
(03-26-2015, 01:59 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I personally take pictures, keep receipts of oem parts from a dealer to prove that I used the right products, and own a shop manual. Do I have a diploma from Honda on the wall? No. Honda can't expect me to, and the Federal Law says I don't have to. If the bolts aren't rounded off and are torqued to the correct spec it must be assumed the correct tools were used.
You'd be surprised how many "professional motorcycle mechanics" (with a diploma on the wall) and shops are really lousy at what they do, do not use the correct tools, procedures and products.
Oh, yeah.
It's not about competence. An interested owner with basic mechanical knowledge is going to do a MUCH more conscientious job than a disinterested shop mechanic, who may or may not be competent and may or may not care.
Question is about covering your bases. A manufacturer's warranty adjuster will almost certainly accept shop records for service done. When an owner...let's make a caricature; let's say he's bucktoothed Billy-Bob, who can't speak in complete sentences and who drives a rusty old pickup with tinfoil on the cab roof - protect from microwave radiation.
Billy-Bob isn't competent to cat-sit; but he's there sayin', like, he done ALL the work; and he knows BETTER than Dogpatch Honda what work just gotta be done. See, he done added that PINSTRIPE; and put that straight piece of drainpipe in place of that stoppin'-up-the-air factory muffler. Cuz he KNOWS - he got a certificate in Lawn-Mower Repair at Dogpatch Technical Kowledge.
That's a worst-case scenario. You, with your camera shots and receipts, would have it covered - unless the warranty adjuster WANTED to be a butt-head.