Yes the County Rockers are made in India.
They usually have better quality control than most.
On 1/11/2013 4:33 PM, Doug Braun wrote:
> Another horror story:
>
> A while back I replaced my Spit's rocker arm shaft with the part that
> most vendors sold. I believe it was "County"
> branded, and it was made in India. I went to adjust the valves a few
> days later, and I noticed that the front four rocker arms
> seemed rather oil-starved. When I ran the engine with the rocker arm
> cover off, I could see that only the rear four rocker
> arms were getting lubricated.
> It turned out that the shaft was not completely hollow: They had
> rifle-drilled it inwards from each end, but they did not drill
> deep enough, and the two holes did not meet up in the center.
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Glenn Franco <gaf3@charter.net
>
> FYI
> I am in the midst of a TR6 Rebuild with an engine that is .020"
> overbored.
> While fitting up the pistons and checking clearances everything
> checked out and the bore was concentric and to specs.
> With the piston installed in the bore I noticed increased drag
> with #1 piston installed.
> With rings gaps, skirt clearance correct I pulled the piston and
> didn't see any issues.
> Further inspection showed that the piston was cocked in the bore
> and had score marks on the bottom of one skirt with the same wear
> just below the oil ring on the other side.
> After inspecting it with the machine shop we noticed that the ring
> grooves were not fully machined on one side of the piston.
> The rings would not move far enough in the groove and was proud of
> the surface causing the piston to cock in the bore.
> We collectively have not seen this before and have a new set of AE
> pistons not County on the way.
>
> Having spent many years in Automotive Engineering at one of the
> former Big Three, these events are usually not one of's.
> There likely are many more out there that ran down the line in the
> same batch at the same time before it was caught.
>
> These are new County Piston sets (I think made in Israel now).
> I would inspect their parts very closely before you install them.
>
> I also noticed machine chips in the machined groove of their
> Tri-Metal Main Bearings (Israel).
> The chips were in the machined groove and were plated over with
> the babbit and copper.
>
> I have had very good experiences with their parts in the past.
> Just thought I would provide a heads up.
>
> Glenn
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