[AJD] one good deal left at John Deere Parts counter

[Merle W. Johnson]

"A" clutch bolts were priced to me at 49.50 plus tax and shipping on
special order.  Just the threads were bad on my bolts so I took them to my
machinist buddy, had them turned down and cut 1/2-20 threads and
reinstalled.  Work fine.
Merle

Steve Treimer wrote:

> Greg, don't listen!
> The clutch on my 820 has needed some attention, I've always been
> worried, so I committed myself to installing as many new parts as I
> could.  After the Gathering of the Green, Mike Williams gave a very
> depressing saga of how clutch parts have skyrocketed.  And he's right,
> I wanted to put new dogs and toggles in that clutch 3 years ago and
> priced them, then even last year the prices were over 200% higher!
> Well, Mike said that clutch bolt prices have gone out-of-site, so I
> looked them up and they only came up on jdpartsonline for $3.83 each,
> so I ordered 3 immediately.  Well, went to pick them up and the guy at
> the parts counter gave me a song and dance about how they were priced
> at $63 each in his computer.  No sale.  Wouldn't listen to how I was
> quoted a price on jdpartsonline, he just said, "Well, we don't have
> access to that system"...... uh huh.
> So a month later I had to order some more parts and those bolts were
> still in my cart.  So what the hey, they still showed the same price,
> so I ordered them again.  Only THIS time, I hit the 'shift+print
> screen' buttons and printed the screen capture out in irfanview so that
> I had some proof when I returned to pick up my stuff.  Sure enough, the
> parts guys says something like "You're the one that ordered those
> expensive bolts....."  and I say, "well they sure weren't supposed to
> be" as he brings them out.  He says "they're clutch bolts right?"  I
> said "Yes, but my print out shows them at $3.83" and he brings them up
> on his terminal and sure enough the list showed $63 but the net column
> said $3.83.  I don't know if this was before or after he manually
> adjusted the entry though, but he just looked at me and said "well, I
> guess you're right" and smiled as he handed over the bag.
> I was fully impressed with his integrity upon leaving the store
> (Strackbein's in Tipton, IA).
> Just thought I'd share the luck if any of you are in the need.
> Steve
>
>
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