ianhendry46 wrote:
As a dealer tech myself, it doesn't matter. Warranty work usually hurts us techs in a pay period. Example. When Honda recalled the CBR300 for a bad crank, it only paid me 6 hours. That's getting a bike in, getting it set up, fluids drained, all parts removed, engine removed, tore down, crank and crank bearings replaced, rebuild motor and then put it back in the bike and have it running. How long do you think it would take you? My best time was 7.8 hours and it only paid 6. Do you know how flat rate works?
Edit: don't forget while we are in there, ALL seals, and o-rings get replaced
jeffro503 wrote:
You would think Honda ( or any major manufacture ) would pay the correct amount of hours. Can't you guys refuse to do the work if you aren't paid accordingly? I guess it's kind of a forced hand thing.....meaning do it , or else I guess?
ianhendry46 wrote:
Not really. We can fuss and our manager call Honda and ask for more time, which at most is an hour. At my dealership, if you refuse to work on something, even if you're getting screwed, you get a write up. This problem MAINLY applies to warranty work though. All manufacturers screw us on warranty work and it's just something that is a downfall of working in this industry. It hurts us big time during busy season because it's time lost. In the time that it takes me to do the 2 recalls on the Polaris RZR 170, that only pays 2.5 hours(takes about 3.5) I can do a full service on a Mule PRO-FXT that pays 5 hours. The goal as a tech is to be able to beat flat rate. Experience and knowledge allow us to do that on some jobs. Some do better than others, but we can't really best warranty flat rate, that is set by a guy that designed it, in a controlled room on a clean machine that has been apart 100 times.
I hear ya. I'm not in your field at all , but in construction. It works a little different for us if we watch what we're doing from the start. Remodel work , a home owner ( 9 out of 10 times ) will always tryt to throw in extra stuff that wasn't originally talked about. I've learned over the years to write up a very detailed proposal , so when something new comes along , I submit a PO or just work a deal out with the home owners so I can be compensated for it.
In your line of work.....it almost sounds like HONDA themselves tore down the exact same bike a 1000 times and took the record setting time they did it in , and that's what they decided a tech should be able to do it in. Kind of screwing the shops that sell their motorcycles. I understand it and get it.....doesn't make it right though.
And there goes Jeffro. One of God's own prototypes. A super high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Pimpin' Ho's , Rollin' fatty's......drinkin' beers , beers , beers!! ~ Ja
