Thread: Things are not what they appear when you buy parts even from GM

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well it is all the gm retired gm workers that gm still has to pay and the guys standing around in skilled trade pulling down 100.000 a year full benefits then tell me there broke and GM owes them more and $icth about there copay going up on there drugs . i have a very hard time caring when i have to pay for every thing and make a hell of alot less.please no hate mail .i know more then one GM worker so this is how i see it. alot of guys i am sure bust there A$$ off but they are getting paid good.. i never had union holding there hand out for me

I have a good sized travel trailer that I have to replace both axles due to a bearing design defect. The originals use the exact same bearing Ford and others use for their rear axle bearings. My own experience with those bearings is lousy based on the '86 GT Mustang that I owned. Now, you put a 12,000 pound trailer on that 42mm bearing and it's toasted. So, since I'm not the original owner of the trailer, I didn't get them free but at about 75% off. I'm a suspicious person and knowing that these axles are put together cheaply, decided to look at the bearings - JUNK!!!! MADE IN CHINA!!!! They even look crappy. Luckily, I was able to get American made Timken cup and race replacements for about $80 for the 8 bearings. Yep, a bit more, but peace of mind is worth the added few bucks. It all boils down to the bottom line on the corporate spread sheet. If there are a few warranty failures, that's a cost of business plus it's still cheaper in the end as many folks wont bother to file a claim, they'll just do the repairs and chalk it up to ownership of a machine