Thread: Rip off of the week

Originally Posted by 19Badger

With prices like that I would expect Chinese bearings, I got a Chinese bearing from Repco years ago and there was no grease in it.
Price isn't the best choice to use for parts purchase, quality is what people should look for.
Top outer ball joints on a Hilux replaced every WOF until quality joints were installed.

Maybe the rear one is an ABD group bearing nz company so should be ok ish and the 2 front from aussie are 220$ shipped and reviews suggest they are decent for the money but in all reality it was a 1500$ xtrail with a cvt noise which was the front left inner cv bearing was sloppy as all fuck with no grease or roller bearings in the spider gears so was loose as all hell and that was the noise so doing the front hubs as at 220$ price why not flogged cv would have put abit of wear into one so just do both.
The kelpro fronts are 850 - pair and rears 880 each so better then 1650 bucks for the same function but higher quality bearings only going by name and price

Im just hope that the cvt gearbox last longer then the bearing/hubs and ill be happy

Originally Posted by Carbine

Maybe the rear one is an ABD group bearing nz company so should be ok ish and the 2 front from aussie are 220$ shipped and reviews suggest they are decent for the money but in all reality it was a 1500$ xtrail with a cvt noise which was the front left inner cv bearing was sloppy as all fuck with no grease or roller bearings in the spider gears so was loose as all hell and that was the noise so doing the front hubs as at 220$ price why not flogged cv would have put abit of wear into one so just do both.
The kelpro fronts are 850 - pair and rears 880 each so better then 1650 bucks for the same function but higher quality bearings only going by name and price

Im just hope that the cvt gearbox last longer then the bearing/hubs and ill be happy

Just go straight to ABD in future.
How many km on the CVT? and how often has it been serviced?

Originally Posted by 19Badger

Ford are pretty quick at NLA parts 12 years from new and some parts I needed were NLA (No Longer Available)

Did a diff carrier on a Hyundai a while ago, almost 20yrs old and a new part from Hyundai was over $10k, the same part for a 4yr old Hyundai was $2k

Ford stopped doing manual Ranger's in 2017, 2021 apparently they ran out of PCM modules for the manuals and the only source is now wreckers so I hear. Or I couldn't get a price for a new one at any rate - NLA.

Originally Posted by 19Badger

Just go straight to ABD in future.
How many km on the CVT? and how often has it been serviced?

235k changed filters and full fluid flush before driving it around as a daily

Originally Posted by blip

Well Im collecting parts to build another engine for the kart. Rip offs want up to $80 for a flat top piston. Got one for $8 delivered from ali express thats with rings pin and clips. I wonder what the quality will be like....

Perhaps mic the piston for specs according to manual. I recently did a total over haul on a Honda 250 four cylinder, all chinese parts. Seized #2 piston and snapped the rod. Lesson learned.

Yea thats why some stuff costs more....

Originally Posted by Carbine

235k changed filters and full fluid flush before driving it around as a daily

Nissan recommended a service every 60,000k, and a service is actually a flush.
At 237k it's probably on borrowed time if it hasn't been serviced regularly.

@blip and @scotty what brand if motorhome do you fix most often? What are the ones best to avoid?

Originally Posted by Steve123

@blip and @scotty what brand if motorhome do you fix most often? What are the ones best to avoid?

personally i think caravans are a better option .....but if we must,
i cant atest to mechanical issues but bodywise they are all prone to rust and most s/h ones have been bodgied up to get thru COFs for another 6 months i call them land boats as they are essentially moneypits ....definitely transits are the worst you can imagine up here in thames/coro most are kept outside parked on grass near beaches so they succumb to cancer pretty quick the bus type of camper always end up with roof leaks (no-one ever gets up and checks the sealer at the panel joints ..... ) the newer ones with fibreglass or plastic bodies , well the cabinetry inside is up there with mitre 10 kitchen quality...... if i paid 100-200k i would want craftsman type finish . and most are front wheel drive which would struggle at clements road .
i have to admit my experience with campers has been tainted by the fact the majority of customers we have had in wanting repairs done are people that have sunk money into something that wasnt worth what they paid and arent wealthy enough to maintain them properly.

There's a certain model of transhit that runs a cambelt in the engine oil. Even tho they are supposed to be oil resistant they shit themselves even before the first cambelt change is due. Brakes on most of them need constant repairs as they dont get used enough, Transhit again your in trouble if the handbrake needs attention as you cant get rear calipers for them any more. Merc b pillars are starting to crack and once picked up on a cof its certified repair territory which I'm told can be $20k and upwards for that one.

transhits and the older toyota coaster sized buses and the mitsi canter type truck conversions are what we see a lot of

Originally Posted by scotty

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i have to admit my experience with campers has been tainted by the fact the majority of customers we have had in wanting repairs done are people that have sunk money into something that wasnt worth what they paid and arent wealthy enough to maintain them properly.

Definitely just like majority of recreational boats.

BOAT = Bring on another thousand
CAMPER = Cancel another million per every repair

Jeez this has gone from the rip off post to the shit vehicle and parts unavailability section

Interestingly often "rip off" is an individuals perception at the time.

if something looks simple and easy when performed by a killed professional tradie or engineer then what is often not apparent is how long and how much experience it has taken for that person to learn the task well enough to make it look "quick and easy"

Margins on parts is a whole different matter, usually if held ex stock margins are higher and if ordered as required smaller as its sold before it arrives so no need for storage and warehousing.

As far as skilled tradies and professionals then that is a definite totally different discussion but in my own trade those who are generally considered "older" workers now make up the bulk of the skilled workers. This really changed when "training" became an industry with certificates for all, rather than "training on the job".

Originally Posted by mikee

Interestingly often "rip off" is an individuals perception at the time.

if something looks simple and easy when performed by a killed professional tradie or engineer then what is often not apparent is how long and how much experience it has taken for that person to learn the task well enough to make it look "quick and easy"

Margins on parts is a whole different matter, usually if held ex stock margins are higher and if ordered as required smaller as its sold before it arrives so no need for storage and warehousing.

As far as skilled tradies and professionals then that is a definite totally different discussion but in my own trade those who are generally considered "older" workers now make up the bulk of the skilled workers. This really changed when "training" became an industry with certificates for all, rather than "training on the job".

Agreed

The one that gets me is people listing broken stuff on TardMe and saying "Could be an easy fix for someone in the know"

If ya don't know then how the fuck do ya know it's gonna be an easy fix, ya wanker?!?

Phew, now that I got that off my chest I have another acrostic for tac a1's list-

REPCO - Ripping Every Poor Cunt Off
HYUNDAI - Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive