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BIG Disappointment, New Koblenschmidt Bearings Made In CHINA |
914Sixer |
Jul 29 2021, 02:42 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,989 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I guess it had to had happen. Going looking for all the old German bearings for next engine build. These are new camshaft bearings. Do not know if they are steel backed or not. The Mahle bearings from Brazil are copper backed. Silverline is the only current manufacturer that are steel backed.
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mb911 |
Aug 1 2021, 08:11 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,162 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I think the moral to this story is that it is very difficult to make quality parts and be able to sell them at a semi comparable price range in most countries like the US, Canada, Germany etc. China can just make it cheaper. I see this happening with the import of the vintage speed mufflers versus my product where I have at any given time 50 to 100k in parts in inventory(raw materials) but with the prices that we all deal with in the US I am typically 100-300 dollars more expensive for a "comparable" product. I am NOT driving a new Porsche and fine with that but the disparity in price is the cost of goods, supplies etc here in the US and many other countries vs some of the Asian manufacturers.
It is what it is. My point is that if some US manufacturers made quality bearings for our car I would choose that. Not to say that the other market's can't make quality parts. I had some fantastic QSC cylinders in my turbo years ago that were really really nice. |
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