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We have a new tech. He asked my mentor for some help on a race the other older tech came over and messed up the hub as he drove the old race out.
I tell the new tech needs to take off the high spots. He worked in our body shop so he knows how to shape metal etc and do a good job of it. The older tech says no you shouldn’t do that. The new tech listened to be me over the older tech both while i was standing there and while the older tech went over later to try and reconvince him. After he hit the high spots he still had one hell of a time putting the bearing race back in so much so we couldn’t use a brass driver he kept bending it. So I helped put it back in without tearing up the race using a hardened race punch.
The main problem is that older tech acted pissy the rest of the day. This happens any time someone disagrees with him or proves him wrong. Any of you guys able to relate?
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Its not all of them just a couple and most of the ones i have a hard time with are just part swappers.
[quote=”MDK22″ post=125538]Its not all of them just a couple and most of the ones i have a hard time with are just part swappers.[/quote] I come from a family where you respect your elders no matter what. Call me old fashioned. However, there is no rule against tellin a egotistical young tech they are “doing it wrong”. I know, double standard. Noone knows it all, but older people in general tend to know more than most. Keep in mind, these people grew up in a time where they rebuilt alternators and starters in the shop. It wasn’t just R&R, it was actual REPAIR. They usually have rebuilt engines as well many times as engine rebuiding was much more prominent in the old days. Time is money now and to be competitive in the modern day a lot of the old practices have gone by they wayside. These older techs have more experience because of it .
I get where you are coming from and I do show them respect. I could have confronted the guy with that 50mm wrench on the first day there. Also with the one I work with now I did not go and rub it in his face or anything I could have. I also tried to explain my piece to him but, he cut me off and said I was just plain wrong gave me a piss poor example and my point was validated after we got the wheel back on and the bearing was tight but, barely within tolerance. It is a conmet preset so there is no way to adjust free play on it.
I treat wisdom with respect. I also treat others with kindness till they burn out the fuse then I treat them as they treat me.
[quote=”MDK22″ post=125543]I get where you are coming from and I do show them respect. I could have confronted the guy with that 50mm wrench on the first day there. Also with the one I work with now I did not go and rub it in his face or anything I could have. I also tried to explain my piece to him but, he cut me off and said I was just plain wrong gave me a piss poor example and my point was validated after we got the wheel back on and the bearing was tight but, barely within tolerance. It is a conmet preset so there is no way to adjust free play on it.
I treat wisdom with respect. I also treat others with kindness till they burn out the fuse then I treat them as they treat me.[/quote] This is a fair statement. Remember the “stuck in their ways” thing I mentioned? Sometimes, you just gotta walk away. You can’t help someone who doesn’t wanna be helped.
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