[AT] Tractor Fluid (OT, only maybe)

[Mike]

Thanks interesting Doug, I just ordered a set of rotors and pads for my 
daughters Saturn from Rock Auto. I ordered Raybestos "Professional 
Grade" ceramic pads and the corresponding Raybestos rotors. I will be 
curious when I get them to see where they were made.  It's getting 
really really hard to buy things that are made in the US anymore.  
Almost every company has set up plants in China. I don't believe 
everything made in China is junk, I think a lot has to do with how much 
quality control oversight the parent company puts in place. Without that 
you can buy crap right here stateside.
Mike

On 12/10/2013 7:29 PM, Doug Tallman wrote:
> 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
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> 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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