Steel rod life expectancy

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Originally Posted by cutta

At the end of the day isn't this all a question of quality control? If the parts get back from China with same material quality and saves the consumer some cash, is that not a good thing? I know a lot of crap comes back here from over seas due to lack of quality control but if manley is ensuring it meets their particular quality standards, I don't see an issue.

Ariel,
They only way a company can do so by creating a standard or specification for their products and having contract first article inspection oversight on location at the foundry or manufacturing facility.

Do a search on this forum on recent complaints as regards to the inconsistencies of their retainers.

Nevertheless, the Israeli company that makes the Titanium valves for Manley, is a reputable company that makes aerospace components.