Henry Frye wrote:
> >
> >The last set I bought from Moss were good ( six months ago). The last set I
> >bought from TRF were bad (two weeks ago)
>
> Interesting, did the TRF syncros have the infamous "Made in Taiwan" on the
> bag? As I recall, the difference was quite obvious holding one of each. If
> I can put my hands on the TRF ones (buried somewhere) I can measure each
> and report back. I have a Rimmers set in my office.
Yes, they are made in Taiwan. The difference seems to be that the little
engagement
dogs are thinner. I don't object to our suppliers having things made in Taiwan
because our quantities are very low and tooling costs relatively high, but at
least
they could be dimensionally correct. Hey, you want to hear improperly made parts
stories? Here are the ones I've run into during the past one year:
New water pump - oversize casting interfered with inside of pulley
new oil pump rebuild kit - .002 longer than the cavity - won't turn
new rocker cover gasket made from material only half as thick
new SU jets drilled to .090 instead of .100
new aluminum water pump pulley with inside boss with inside boss too thick and
OD
too big
new $400 header that takes four hours' work to make it fit
........and would you believe this one from about a year ago -- rod bearings not
the size it said on the box -- and also mis-stamped. Good thing I measure those
babies
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uncle jack and New Blue
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