Just a thought.....?

Greg Reimer 7376 · 06-26-2014, 02:46 PM

Often pondered on this forum is concern over the indecisiveness we seem to be headed in as a nation.Often lamented on, by myself and others, is the outsourcing of goods and services to outside interests. I recently told my story about a jack and a winch for my trailer.My Suburban, which apparently sat for quite a bit before I got it,needed a brake job. The fluid looked pretty bad, so I bought a new master cylinder at Napa, (no rebuilt crap),bench bled it and installed it, only to have very poor brake performance. I bled and rebled, and had a stuck rear wheel cylinder and some really ugly fluid come out. I went back to Napa, bought two new rear wheel cylinders and a rear brake hose. When I got this stuff home, then got it out to install it, it was all made in China. Napa? I thought it was an all-American holdout. Guess again!! Often times at work, we go through lots of electrical parts,relays,solenoids,the like, and always specify OEM whenever possible. Seems like Delco switches, parts like this, etc. all are made in places like Singapore, China,Mexico, et all. Quality is down on this stuff as well. Then I had a thought. GM is in deep doo-doo over ignition switch failures on millions of cars. Now, we know that GM doesn't make that many of its parts, most stuff is supplied by vendors licensed by GM,so they could have been made anywhere. What is the chance that all these ignition switches and other electrical parts were outsourced from who knows where, and the vile stench of bad goods overtook the sweet aroma of a low price? Sounds like a practice that came around and bit them good,doesn't it?

06-26-2014, 02:46 PM	#1
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,135 Likes: 172 Liked 704 Times in 218 Posts	Just a thought.....? Often pondered on this forum is concern over the indecisiveness we seem to be headed in as a nation.Often lamented on, by myself and others, is the outsourcing of goods and services to outside interests. I recently told my story about a jack and a winch for my trailer.My Suburban, which apparently sat for quite a bit before I got it,needed a brake job. The fluid looked pretty bad, so I bought a new master cylinder at Napa, (no rebuilt crap),bench bled it and installed it, only to have very poor brake performance. I bled and rebled, and had a stuck rear wheel cylinder and some really ugly fluid come out. I went back to Napa, bought two new rear wheel cylinders and a rear brake hose. When I got this stuff home, then got it out to install it, it was all made in China. Napa? I thought it was an all-American holdout. Guess again!! Often times at work, we go through lots of electrical parts,relays,solenoids,the like, and always specify OEM whenever possible. Seems like Delco switches, parts like this, etc. all are made in places like Singapore, China,Mexico, et all. Quality is down on this stuff as well. Then I had a thought. GM is in deep doo-doo over ignition switch failures on millions of cars. Now, we know that GM doesn't make that many of its parts, most stuff is supplied by vendors licensed by GM,so they could have been made anywhere. What is the chance that all these ignition switches and other electrical parts were outsourced from who knows where, and the vile stench of bad goods overtook the sweet aroma of a low price? Sounds like a practice that came around and bit them good,doesn't it?