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Just had a call from the engine shop who now have their reply from the "Porsche Specialist" who carried out the rear wheel bearing replacement.

The specialist have told them that the rotors were gouged like that when the rear bearings were shot and that they decided that the rotors were still fine and didn't bother to tell me about the rotors, to save me the expense (How jolly , jolly nice of them to save me the expense of 200 pounds when I was already shelling out ten grand!!!)... The engine shop owner now sais that the specialist did indeed mention the rotors to him, but again, no mention was ever made to me.

They also state that when the car was delivered to the bodyshop, there was no grinding noise, so in their mind, the calipers were no longer rubbing on the rotors. When I picked up the car last Saturday from the bodyshop, there was a grinding from the rear left, right from the very start but I put it down to rust having formed on the rotors during it's months of standing.

The photo which is at the start of this thread shows, quite clearly, in my view, that the rotor is still making contact with the caliper and as a result, I have requested that the engine shop put their counter-argument on paper to me so that my solicitor can respond accordingly when I return from my family vacation in the middle of July.

It's a real shame that the engine shop decided to invoice me for the bearing and suspension work rather than just passing on the invoice from the "Porsche Specialist" as I don't have a gripe with the engine specialist at all and found their workmanship and service to be top notch and would much rather be able to leave them out of the legal battle which is about to ensue. I have told them this and explained that business is business, that the excuses don't hold water and that I will not stop till this all gets sorted.

I have told them in an email, exactly what I will be claiming if/when it comes to court and have also made them a verbal offer to drop legal proceedings if they supply 2 replacement calipers, 2 brake wear wires, 2 rotors and 2 sets of rear pads. I hope that their "Specialist" will see sense and supply those parts, rather than force me to go the legal route with all the extra time and cost involved for both parties.