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India has exceptionally skilled mechanics. I saw one resuscitating a worn axle by stick welding new metal onto it! (In the street)



There are situations, however, where you have to know specifically what you want in order to get it. Using my personal experience with automobiles in Pakistan as an example, maybe 1 in 50 places that's capable of changing a tire also has a good quality balancing machine. If you've just purchased new tires and you know you're going to need all four wheels rebalanced, you have to intentionally seek out that rare place which has a modern digital tire balancing machine and knows how to use it.


Let me guess... Puegeot branded car?



Oops, forgot this funny add, yes too!

Full context for the other readers: The puegeot 206 have a known axle problem, leading to breaking up right after warranty expires: http://clubpeugeotuk.proboards.com/thread/3298/faulty-axle-o...

It can be solved by directly welding metal to the axes. Considering how popular the 206 is in India, I thouht the OP was also relating his personal experiences with having his Puegeot fixed


*Peugeot (sorry)


Oops, yes.




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