Originally Posted by
grayEZrider
At $9 an hour he quit after the new "book rate" assembly time per bike was reduced to 8 - yes- eight minutes.
This is the real problem, are you going to spend the time it takes to make it right and only earn a little over $1 an hour? Plus they would fire you for working too slowly. I know my LBS would have fixed all of the problems that the OP found, but the bb should be adjusted properly and the cranks tightened at the factory.
I have trued some really bad wheels BITD, but a few years back I assembled a $67 Denali for someone and the wheels were a mess. It would be unusual to find anyone that could true such a poorly built wheel nowadays. Otherwise, the bike was put together fairly well at the factory.