Unfortunately we in Germany have the same problems.
Quality control in England by Moss and the another suppliers seems to expensive.
Some replica parts which comes from Taiwan are really good but parts where used
in
strong work.....
All parts must be controled before them fit. All parts!
My synchro rings comes not from Taiwan or England. It are high quality parts.
If them are fit you can it forget.
Carsten
"Jack W. Drews" schrieb:
> 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
>
> --
>
> uncle jack and New Blue
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