Thread: Why u dont buy Chinese car parts!

Originally Posted by landyfromanuthaland

Hope the XXXXX dont make Landrover parts,

I have some bad news for you......



Seriously though, it's like anywhere - there's good parts & there's not so good parts.

Originally Posted by landyfromanuthaland

...removed the outer bearing and noticed it was full of metal shavings, so off with the calliper and off with the disc, cleaned it out and h ad a good look, the outer bearing shell had totally disintergrated , all the case hardening had scrubbed off then the actual bearing steel was beginning to chew out, was a real mess, ... ... the ones I took out were CMC brand made in China and these were fitted by a local servo not 6 months ago whom I shall be visiting shortly to vent my disliking at them using S****cheap ....

Have to agree with you there, last year I bought a second hand car trailer (more like a golf buggy trailer) and was a bit concerned about when the bearings had last been replaced. Saturday arvo, so went to the SC place that was the only local one open and bought a trailer bearing set by branded an by an Aussie trailer accessory company A**.

I fitted the bearings in Nowra drove up to Sydney and back once and thence to a friends place at Thornleigh. Parked in his driveway I noticed oil all over one wheel, removed the hub and inspected the bearing to find it had lost all its case hardening. Less than 500 Km and the bearing was stuffed. Likewise bought sets of Japanese bearings and replaced both sides.

In terms of Land Rover parts, I recently got a set of gearbox bearings from a company in Melbourne famous for supplying parts for our Land Rovers (have dealt with them for 30 years). I asked them were they Japanese or English bearings they said yes without hesitating. When the kit arrived there are no maker markings on the bearings, just a number.

I hope they will be O.K. but I suspect they also didn't come from the Ol' Blighty or the "land o the rising sun"

Only time will tell!

Diana

One of our party on a recent trip had replaced his trailing arm bushes before the trip. Now although I don't know where they were manufactured, I have my suspicions as they disintegrated after less than 5,000kms and before we even got into the tough stuff of Madigans Line.

You must be very careful with replacement parts these days, especially non-genuine gear.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

You must be very careful with replacement parts these days, especially non-genuine gear.

I have heard that one of the major LR parts importers has had a few parts made in China.

Let's just say that I think they have lost more money than they have made by cutting costs.

Sorry to tell but the chinese make a landrover copy called the LandTiger - only sold in China I believe.

Garry

Its just not worth trying to save $5 bux on a bearing set by buying the SuperCheap Auto junk

You really dont save in the long run, in fact it costs u more when u have a catastrophic failure at an inopertune time

Chinese junk is everywhere now, even your veges u buy at Woolies are coming from China coz they can fill up a ship with it and float it here cheaper then they can buy the local product for, what does this tell u?

Originally Posted by landyfromanuthaland

Its just not worth trying to save $5 bux on a bearing set by buying the SuperCheap Auto junk

You really dont save in the long run, in fact it costs u more when u have a catastrophic failure at an inopertune time

Chinese junk is everywhere now, even your veges u buy at Woolies are coming from China coz they can fill up a ship with it and float it here cheaper then they can buy the local product for, what does this tell u?

They are taking over the world by stealth?

What if Tata (Indian) take ownership??