On Apr 21, 4:28*am, DownTime wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Apr 20, 11:18 pm, george wrote:
On Apr 21, 3:17 pm, wrote:

The Chinese ones were $1.20 for a dozen while the USA made ones at Ace
were $1.10 EACH. *Yeah, I got ripped off but I needed them NOW and
will not put chinese crap on my boat.
At those prices you get a dozen against one.
That means one with 11 replacements
In the real world the Chinese fittings are no better or worse than any
made in any other country..

That's true, but the diffeence is in the quality of steel.

I have found that out the hard way with Heavy diesel armature shafts.

Even if you get them with heat treated splines, they still bend,
twist, or break.

I don't think the chinese know what a "Rockewell Standard" is...

If they do, they probably don't care enough to meet it for exports
heading to the USA. Anything, I mean ANYTHING I find with the made "In
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What about the money that the U.S. of A is borrowing from none other
than China to fund the ridiculous war with Iraq?

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If they do, they probably don't care enough to meet it for exports
heading to the USA. Anything, I mean ANYTHING I find with the made "In
China" label, goes back on the shelf.- Hide quoted text -

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What about the money that the U.S. of A is borrowing from none other
than China to fund the ridiculous war with Iraq?

I truly don't have much control over that, but I do have control over
what I buy when I look at the 'Made In...' label.