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Therein lies the downfall of this country. The own all of our debt and make all of our CRAP.
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Was having a screw loose moment !! Should have realized they dont make screws in oztralia !!
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Best you go & have a look at a post of mine in the joke thread in OD a few weeks ago.
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Its getting quite hard to find non uro parts online for some things. For instance, I am seeking a front W123 door check that is NOT Uro, and cannot seem to find one on any of the parts sites including this one. I want a quality replacement!
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I was also disappointed to see that all of my Meyle parts I just ordered were labeled with a "made in china" sticker on them. I am rebuilding my front end, and out of the Febi, Karlyn, Lemforder, and Meyle parts only the Meyle's are made in China.
They look okay though, so I'll try them. If they fail then I know that I went wrong. Also I've had Uro tie rods on my car for the last 20,000 miles. Apparently I chose a bad brand, so I ordered Febi's to replace them with, but under further inspection see no issue with the tie rods at all. Either it's only a matter of time, or these parts are being somewhat put together well... |
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Used PNP parts are looking real good, I have seen quite a few new parts on some on the junkers. They are start to be looking better all the time with all this Chinese crap being dimped on us.
The down fall would be, the used junker part, is now a used Chinese replacement part. A couple yrs back I bought a replacement slave cylinder for my Datsun PU from Kragans, now O`Rilley. they had a $17 one and a $27 one. I asked to see both of them to see the difference. the $17 one was in a white box and sealed in a plastic bag. the $27 one was in a Raybestos box, sealed in a plastic bag. both bags had the same part number. Brand name means nothing. I bought the $17 part. Charlie
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Last summer, I needed both rear door-checks for my '82 240d and searched my Virginia Beach PNP for W123s. Luckily, I found a pair that had been replacements - yellow plated steel vs painted body color.
The comment about Chinese parts at the PNP is funny because more recently, I had to replace a Pontiac Fiero radiatop fan-motor, where the original part was NLA. So I needed to search the PNP for a motor WITH compatible fan-blade that could be adapted into the Fiero fan-shroud. The best fit turned out to be a Chinese replacement out of a '96 Chevy Cavalier. But very likely, any NEW replacemnt motor I'd find these days would be made in China. Happy Motoring, Mark
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Saturday I changed: motor mounts, transmission mount, flex disks, center support and bearing. All with MB original/dealer parts in the grayish box with the little hologram decal.
The disks were/are Jurid, and looked just like the original (?) units. The engine mounts (no manufacturer ID that I could see), while cracked but unbroken, were mashed down about 5/16" 8 mm each. All the rubber mold marks and features of the new parts EXACTLY matched the removed parts (except for the Uro center support, of course). The rubber of the "new" Uro center support (came with ball bearing, for $25) was intact, but the bearing has about 0.020" 0.5 mm radial/axial play, and has vented all of its grease onto the outside of the seals. This unit was installed for about two months and one thousand miles. YMMV, but I dun did learnded mine lessin bout shoddy aftermarket RUBBER parts. Oh, the car in question is the '83 300D.
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Interesting respnse from Febi, with good points made
Just got this back today. I agree with some of his points, I'll have to take some quality time to make my reply to him.
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Lemforder is the OE MB engine mount for the w123. At least last winter when I did mine, I bought them from the dealer and the fastlane picture of the lemforder, complete with two blue dots and all the casting marks was identical (and cheaper).
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The reply from Febi-Bilstein was very interesting, and I have seen many instances where a brand-name has simply repackaged another manufacturere's product.
For this discussion, it would be helpful to mention the actual brand-name (if any) of the Chinese parts that were defective or failed prematurely. So far, I've heard about the failure of some Chinese URO parts. The defective Chinese flex-joint I returned wasn't a Febi parts, but came in a plain whie box with some unfamiliar German writing. Has anyome here actually had problems with any Febi-Bilstein or Bosch parts made in China? Happy Motoring, Mark
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Speaking of parts made in odd places.... I bought a multilink rear rebuild kit and it was made by Karlyn. MADE IN THE USA!!!!
I might start using them as my personal preference.
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With the demise of unions and a desperate workforce here in the States, we may see a lot more manufacturing come back.
I work in the VOIP field and we see a lot of call centers moving back from overseas. Not into brick & mortar centers, but remote VOIP users. People can WFH and be tied into their call center queues.
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