new to the forum so please bear with me if i'm in the wrong section.
my car is a 52 reg 130 2.0tdci with 85k on the clock

i need to know if when fitting a new flywheel would the garage need to undo the nut that holds the wheel bearing in, in order to get the drive shaft out.
the reason i'm asking is because my car had to go back under warranty after having a new flywheel fitted and have the clutch replaced as the garage left what they called "a transit or transfer plate" in with the new clutch causing it to rattle.
shortly after this the brakes failed and i had a loud grinding noise coming from the front near side wheel.
on inspection it was found the wheelbearing had "popped" out and the brake disc was wobbling.
could it be that the garage didn't do the nut back up that holds the wheelbearing in place when they fitted the second clutch.
the subsequent repairs cost me £310 for a new stub axle and bearing.

any advise?

 

yes they would need to undo the "hub nut" as when it is secure, they are unable to remove the drive shafts from the gearbox.

Chassis tightening torquesFront hub:290 Nm

 

many thanks offit

has anyone else had this happen?

my car has been back 5 times under warranty and now requires it's 3rd clutch since april this year. the last time i took it back the garage told me the clutch would be done under warranty but when i went back to collect it they said they hadn't touched it and tried blaming the gearbox.

well i wasn't having any of that and buy the end of that day the manager had quit the company and told me to seek legal advise. on the monday i was waiting at their door for the new manager to arrive and the poor bloke shit a brick as he was the only member of staff there and thought i was gonna thump him one.
now going to court over it but need as much technical info as i muster for evidence against them....so any more info on this type of work done would be very helpful.

 

Your best bet at this stage is to get someone else to do the work who's qualified and also knows what they are doing, the two things are not the same!!
This then can be used as evidence.
tabetha

 

i've had a quote to do the clutch for £420 but i'm pee'd off that i have to keep spending money on the car because of the garages poor workmanship.
i have to reply to the garage tomorrow in reply to a letter they sent saying i need to be reasonable and give them access to the car in order for them to examine it.
i feel i have been reasonable in returning the car 5 times and the fact that they chose to do nothing last time it was returned now negates the fact that i need to be any more reasonable....
any legal beagles out there?

 

I would imagine, annoying though it is that the fact they are offering to look/check/fix means you will get nowhere with a claim unless you allow them one final chance, put this in writing that you don't want the car back until it's sorted, and that you expect a courtesy car whilst yours is out of action due to their mistakes.
tabetha