[net.auto] '81 SAAB axle problems...

leiby@yeti.UUCP (Mike Leibensperger) (10/10/83)

I recently bought a used '81 Saab turbo.  The rear tires were a bit
worn, and I was figuring on getting them replaced.  However, when
I took it to a garage to have some other incidental work done to it,
the mechanic told me that the rear tires were worn because of a bent
rear axle.  It seems that on the trans-Atlantic crossing in '81, some
Saabs were mistakenly anchored to the deck by the rear axles, which
were subsequently bent by wave motion.

Any other '81 Saab owners out there with a similar problem?  Have
you had any luck getting Saab-Scania to foot the bill for a new
axle (or at least replace it a minimal cost)?  If so and you live
in the Boston area, which dealer did the work for you?  How much
(if anything) did they charge?

		Thanks mightily in advance,
		Mike Leibensperger
		{tektronix,ucbcad,decvax,harpo}!masscomp!leiby

jlw@ariel.UUCP (J.WOOD) (10/12/83)

This really isn't a story about SAABs, how I love them,
even though there's many a saab story, but my wife had
a wreck in 1974 in her Mazda RX4 Wagon.  When we got the
estimate for the repair, the insurance adjuster mentioned
that there were a good supply of body clips for RX4s
available because during shipment a seaman had pumped
seawater into the hold of a whole shipment of RX4s.
Mazda had subsequently destroyed the engines of the
cars and sold the hulks for recycling.  Some unscrupulous
used car parts people had gotten hold of the cars and
were parting them out.  Would you want the front sheet-
metal for your car to have been soaked for days in sea-
water?  Needless to say we reported this to Mazda USA
and didn't take the insurance company up on its offer
for a repair.