[AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)

[Doug Tallman]

I'm not sure AZ carries Moog anymore. They used to advertise big on 
Timken bearings but every Timken I've bought there comes from offshore 
where brgs from other places come from USA. On the NAPA note, I had a 
customer that didn't want any cheap China junk on his car. He went to 
NAPA and bought a set of brake pads for his car. The box had "made in 
china" right on the front. I asked him why he bought them for me to put 
on. He wasn't real happy! The sad part is, almost everything we get in 
the aftermarket is junk today. There are a few basic suppliers 
furnishing parts for a bunch of different names. For electronics, there 
is no substitute for dealer parts and even them can say made in china. 
Doug T




Mike wrote:
> So if I buy a Moog tie rod end or ball joint assembly from Autozone, I'd 
> be getting a different (lesser quality) part than I would get at NAPA or 
> Rock Auto? That would be hard to believe. Store branded stuff I can see 
> being lesser quality.
>
> Mike
>
> On 12/10/2013 4:37 PM, Rob Wilson wrote:
>   
>> Autozone parts are subpar at best. I replaced the timing belt, put a new water pump and tensioner on my wife's car and almost 1 year to the day the bearing I'm the tensioner seized taking out the belt and stranding is on a dark road. I asked my friend that has owned his own shop for almost 40 years what I did wrong? He said the only thing that might have caused it is if I used autozone parts. He said he used to use them but kept getting burned on labor lost and lost customers. He said stick with Napa and leave the Chinese autozone junk to the backyard mechanics that don't mind practicing doing the same job over for free.
>> Rob
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