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| Bruce Hinds |
 Feb 19 2021, 07:06 PM
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V-8 madness  Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 7,391 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Poject is progressing . . . new breaks and bearings are in. Engine's back from the shop, new CVs, clutch and getting excited now.
Bearings - while I was wandering around the net watching "how to" stuff one of the vids mentioned the quality of bearings. FAG had always been the German name to go to but one of the videos mentions that China has copied a lot of stuff. He said he only had a FAG bearing(rear) last him a year. Thought it may have been made in the C country. I put a FAG in the front and noticed it was made in France. So came time for a rear - Thanks again Todd - Since I'm anxious, I checked NAPA and they had one so I didn't have to wait for an order! Told me it was FAG. It was not, it was Meyle which is also German and we pulled it out of the box and it was marked Germany. So, Todd was here this morning "saving my bacon" and we got the old out and the new in. When we looked at the box a sticker on it with the part number said made in China! WTF - double checked the bearing and sure enough it did say Germany. I hope is a good one since NAPA charged 100 bucks. Then last night I'd been looking for more parts 914 rubber and notice they have FAG rear bearings for just $38! Those say Slovakia! After Todd left this morning I got the rest of John's new brakes in with new stainless flex lines. Wish I could be patient. |
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| mepstein |
Feb 19 2021, 07:34 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Hopefully you get some brakes for your car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| PanelBilly |
Feb 19 2021, 07:54 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,811 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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What no picture? You can't expect me to read the text without a little visual entertainment!
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| Bruce Hinds |
Feb 19 2021, 10:45 PM
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V-8 madness Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 7,391 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Feb 19 2021, 05:54 PM)  What no picture? You can't expect me to read the text without a little visual entertainment! What was I thinking? Too busy, too dirty, too excited . . .  |
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| Tom_T |
Feb 20 2021, 04:05 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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And I got excited Bruce reading your list with the Republic RC-3 Seebee! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
What a great amphib & WA is a great area for flying it too! Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| Bruce Hinds |
Feb 20 2021, 05:02 PM
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V-8 madness Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 7,391 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Feb 20 2021, 02:05 PM) And I got excited Bruce reading your list with the Republic RC-3 Seebee! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) What a great amphib & WA is a great area for flying it too! Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// If you like Seabees Tom, check out www.republicseabee.com - lots of great stuff there and formation video of ours in flight. |
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