Hindle Reman

Nov 17th, 2022

Delivered there .very helpful and polite
Mar 31st, 2020

Very disappointed!. This case relates back to June last year (2018) when the case was settled out of court by Hindles insurance company who paid me out. Hindle Reman re ground the crankshaft from my classic car engine. It is assumed that the company grinding the crankshaft check it for straightness and correct journal sizes after grinding. About a year later i took the sump off to investigate a leak from the rear crankshaft oil seal. I noticed broken bits of bearing from the back end main bearing journal in the sump. I then had to remove the engine and totally dismantle it. I then took the crankshaft to a engine specialist engine, T&L Engineering who have been in business for over fifty years. They made a video of the lathe inspection. They found that the crankshaft had been ground off centre...basically the crankshaft had not been centered correctly in the lathe (crankshaft grinder) when re ground. The end journal had also been left over-sized. It was thought that this was why the bearing on that journal had failed as the oil gallery in the block was clear and all else fine. I then spoke and sent the video to David Hindle who is the manager of Hindle Reman. He said to send him the crankshaft so that he could check it. He inspected the crankshaft after two weeks of the crankshaft being with him. He then said there was nothing wrong with it after inspecting it on v blocks...not in a lathe with a dial gauge. He said all bearing journals were within tolerancethey were but oval!. By using v blocks the way he did you cannot tell that the overall straightness is out and that some of the journals were oval in shape. I later sent the crankshaft to Crewe engines who have been in business over thirty years. They inspected the crankshaft on a lathe with a dial gauge and agreed that it had been ground off centre and was out of line. I could not afford a solicitor so after some legal advice i took Hindles to court to claim my expenses back. I then employed Mr Ward who is an independent consultant motor engineer with over thirty years experience who has worked for many different police forces. He inspected the crankshaft and agreed also that it had been ground out of line and that the end journal was up on size. I then contacted David Hindle with Crewe Engines findings and Mr Wards report and videos...David Hindle still denied the crankshaft was ground incorrectly. Eventually after searching I purchased a replacement crankshaft and engine block in Germany. Hindles employed their own technical expert who is supposed to be independent. I later found out that Mr Keith Blower from Keighley Laboratories was well known to David Hindle and infact Hindles had used their services for a few decades. When i met Mr Blower i asked him to inspect the crankshaft in the lathe...he did and could see it was outside of tolerance, and briefly mentioned this on his report, but then said this is not the recognised Mercedes way of testing!! He said that only Hindles had the correct flatbed test set up in the local area with v blocks. When Mr Blower telephoned Mr Hindle to arrange the visit he called Mr Hindle bud I thought how can this report be independent. I then took the crankshaft to Hindles where Mr Blower and Mr Hindle inspected the crankshaft. I let them carry on, as I thought the court would not class this as an independent inspection as i had a case against Hindles. The test of any company is when things go wrong and their ability to sort things out. This was despite overwhelming evidence a diabolical, denial service which they tried to cover in a biased report from Mr K Blower. Mr Hindle and Mr Blower also tried to blame the spun bearing on an earlier engine fault. Fortunately, i had the savings, knowledge and set up to rebuild the engine. Although towards the end I was using a credit card to fund the rebuild. Whether the staff of Hindles are told to deny any form of liability by their insurance company I do not know. I dare say that if David Hindles or Hindles reply to this review that it will be yet another
Apr 24th, 2019

Jun 5th, 2017