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Old 04-20-2024, 01:25 PM   #37
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Default Re: Counterfeit Parts

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Originally Posted by Kevin Panzino View Post
Regarding one speedmaster product.. A customer brought over an LS block for me to hone. He also brought his new speedmaster head studs to use with my deck plate. I was absolutely stunned at the low quality of those studs. No efffing way they were anywhere near 190,000 psi or the properly hardened material. The torque response felt odd, quite 'spongy' and sure enough when I removed the deck plate and the studs over half of them had started rolling the threads and almost all the nuts could not be spun off by hand after loosening, had to run them off with a socket the rest of the way. And all of the black oxide was gone in the thread area. Total and complete junk.
Pretty scary Kevin, just think….the majority of our meds are manufactured in China also …..due to AMERICAN GREED……
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