 Timken Rear Wheel Bearings, What's In The Box ? |
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| 914Sixer |
 Feb 11 2022, 11:06 AM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 9,466 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Though this might be interesting. Got two Timken wheel wheel bearings in. Same box, same part number 513106. One would think you would be getting the same parts. Wrong again. One bearing was SNR from France and the other was FAG from Slovakia. Both known manufacturers but in the global economy no telling what will appear in the box. Even saw the same Timken bearings saying made in China.
Timken used to be a top line USA bearing manufacturer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) Attached image(s)    
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| iankarr |
Feb 12 2022, 03:49 PM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,596 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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Part of the problem is that we all want to pay the absolute lowest price, so it’s a race to the bottom. If a manufacturer doesn’t find a way to do things cheaper, they have a hard time staying in business. Quality maybe just as good. For now. It’s market dynamics playing itself out. Unfortunately, when we’re presented with a higher and lower priced option of similar quality, people choose lower 99% of the time….without regard for what that savings of a few bucks does to our quality of life as a whole.
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| Superhawk996 |
Feb 12 2022, 06:22 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,780 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(iankarr @ Feb 12 2022, 04:49 PM)  Part of the problem is that we all want to pay the absolute lowest price, so it’s a race to the bottom. If a manufacturer doesn’t find a way to do things cheaper, they have a hard time staying in business. Quality maybe just as good. For now. It’s market dynamics playing itself out. Unfortunately, when we’re presented with a higher and lower priced option of similar quality, people choose lower 99% of the time….without regard for what that savings of a few bucks does to our quality of life as a whole. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Well stated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) We should all take a good look at the clothes we wear. Where did your underwear come from? Your shirt? Your jeans? I have a favorite brand of jeans that I prefer simply because they fit me better than Levis and they are still made here in the USA. Way more expensive than Levis. Hope they can continue to survive selling a niche product. Not sure what to do about the underwear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) There used to be a thriving textile industry in this country. Long gone. Just one of many examples. |
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914Sixer Timken Rear Wheel Bearings Feb 11 2022, 11:06 AM
horizontally-opposed Great post, and interesting.
Next question, for ... Feb 11 2022, 12:23 PM 914Sixer Just read where Timken had shuttered many US plant... Feb 11 2022, 12:40 PM Superhawk996 You guys are killing me. :D
I recently bough... Feb 11 2022, 04:51 PM roblav1 The preferred country, when I built my formula car... Feb 11 2022, 10:01 PM 930cabman We are in a global economy, anything goes. I would... Feb 12 2022, 06:50 AM mate914 I can not figure out how a part can be made cheape... Feb 12 2022, 11:43 AM
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I bet the people making these parts are not paid ... Feb 12 2022, 01:55 PM Geezer914 I ordered 2 Timken rear wheel bearings from Rock A... Feb 12 2022, 05:38 PM |
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