4-Wheel Drives, Blackburn moving

[gromit]

For those of you that use 4-Wheel Drives in Blackburn, they are moving to 13 Terracotta Drive, Blackburn as of 1st November.

They have a flyer at the counter with an 'opening special', present the flyer in store for 10% discount until 31/12/09.
I can call back and get more flyers if anyone needs them. It may be worth a visit after 1st November to get all those parts you need and get a lower price..........

I have no affiliation with them other than as a customer.



Colin

[101RRS]

I hope they have better parking in their new location.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I hope they have better quality and know the difference between "second-hand" and "new" or "Chinese" and "Japanese" bearings at Terracotta Drive.

Diana

[djam1]

I hope they have better quality and know the difference between "second-hand" and "new" or "Chinese" and "Japanese" bearings at Terracotta Drive.

Diana

Thanks Diana I thought it was just me that thought that

[Hymie]

Thanks Diana I thought it was just me that thought that

Don't get me started either:mad:

[lro11]

looks like the line starts here

[gromit]

Parking should be better because the new location is in an Industrial estate.

Haven't had any major problems with them but that could be because I can call in and buy over the counter.
Not sure about the Japanese vs Chinese bearings, they've always supplied me with Indian bearings.......


Colin

[rangieman]

Don't get me started either:mad:
x2 Never Again :cool:

[vnx205]

I bought all the parts my Series III needed over a 23 year period from them and never had a problem.

I know that some parts can be at the lower end of the quality range. The A frame ball joint I got for the Defender must have been made my the work experience kid. With a small modification, it now does the job admirably.

[Shonky]

It's bad enough getting getting stuff from Quang Tung BearRing Co when you asked for SKF, but its worse when they don't send you a bearing at all!

No, door tops do not work in place of a layshaft bearing...

[sclarke]

Its also known as "ThatLdo Spares"

That will do till i get the genuine correct part that lasts

Only thing i will buy from them..... parts that when they break wont kill me.....

IE lenses, filters and rubbers....

Not any drive line or brake or fuel part....

Sadly they once sold good stuff......



Dont get me started on the son they disowned.....
God help the world that there is still Toyota Crowns running around....

[101RRS]

I have been using them since 1978 and have never really had a problem with the gear I have bought off them - has generally been the same quality as I have received from other suppliers.

[vnx205]

I have been using them since 1978 and have never really had a problem with the gear I have bought off them - has generally been the same quality as I have received from other suppliers.
I'm pleased to hear that. I was beginning to think that I was some sort of favourite customer who was getting special treatment. :p

Actually they did treat me pretty well when I called in to fit a new radiator in their yard on the way up to the Gibb River Road in the Series III. I figured it was better to do that than have the radiator freighted up to me at Yass. They lent me a drill to fix a hole that didn't quite line up and my wife and I even got a cup of tea at smoko time. :D

Their parts catalogue is great. For some jobs it is almost as good as having the workshop manual.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

...Not sure about the Japanese vs Chinese bearings, they've always supplied me with Indian bearings.......

ColinHow can you tell the difference between Chinese and Indian?

All I know is that the bearings they sell are unbranded to manufacturer and country of manufacture, even though they categorically stated that they would be Japanese when I asked prior to purchase. Every English, USA, German or Japanese bearing I have ever bought from a bearing supplier, has always had some sort of marking indicating make and country.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

How can you tell the difference between Chinese and Indian?

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Sniff them, then it's easy to tell them apart.
Curry smelling ones are definitely Indian.
Black bean and flied lice are the Chinese ones.:D:D:D:D:D

[vnx205]

The bearing I bought from them for the back of the 5th gear shaft in the R380 had the same name and part number as the original.

RHP (Ransom, Hoffman and Pollard), UK manufacture, I believe.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The bearing I bought from them for the back of the 5th gear shaft in the R380 had the same name and part number as the original.

RHP (Ransom, Hoffman and Pollard), UK manufacture, I believe.

The last ones I got off them were for a Series gearbox and were in nice little sealed unbranded plastic bags with only a number and nothing else on the actual bearing.

Oh for the days when we got bearings engraved "TIMKEN" "ENGLAND" or "NSK" "JAPAN"

Diana

[Surly One]

It would be nice if they actually carried some of the series 1 parts that appear in the award winning catalogue, I'm a little annoyed at the "no we don't have that "replies.

[groucho]

It would be nice if they actually carried some of the series 1 parts that appear in the award winning catalogue, I'm a little annoyed at the "no we don't have that "replies.

The sad fact is series 1 OEM NOS are getting scarce.
After market series parts are limited and of mediocre quality.
Just about all parts that are superceded are farmed off to
cheaper manufactures that's the way it is.........Mark

[groucho]

Classic example
failed at 139000 Ks.
Picture tells the story


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/407.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/408.jpg

[gromit]

How can you tell the difference between Chinese and Indian?

All I know is that the bearings they sell are unbranded to manufacturer and country of manufacture, even though they categorically stated that they would be Japanese when I asked prior to purchase. Every English, USA, German or Japanese bearing I have ever bought from a bearing supplier, has always had some sort of marking indicating make and country.

Diana,

The bearings I got were in a marked box (this was some time ago), tracked the company down to India.
A while ago I purchased unmarked wheel bearings for the S1, just an etched part number on the inner & outer race. No idea where they were made but I would guess India because a lot of their stuff comes from there. So far no issues with them but I left the original SKEFCO bearings in the other Front hub because they were still OK, it will be interesting to see which fail first.

Be careful with judging bearings (or any other product) just by the perceived country of manufacture. Most large bearing manufacturers have production plants in China. For example NSK have 7 manufacturing plants there and SKF have 11 plants.
It depends on the quality of the steel and the manufacturing procedures/tolerances/inspection etc. Yes, China is generally known for low quality components but there is some very good stuff coming from there as well. It wasn't that many years ago we had the same attitude to Taiwanese products.....

VNX205 - RHP was Ransome, Hoffman & Pollard but they were bought out (by NSK I think) a long time ago. I lived near one of the UK sites which was shut down soon after the takeover.


Colin