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Subject:Re: It's hard to make your Vanagon better when they're making the parts crappier
From:JRodgers
Date:Mon, 1 Jul 2013 14:43:11 -0500

Some Meyle is good - some Meyle not so good.

 From a local vendor I bought a set of Meyle front discs  that have been
really good. But I also bought a set of Meyle front wheel bearings - not
so good. First test drive after installation the right front bearing
failed.  So with Meyle is a definite YMMV!! Pretty sure all Meyle must
made in China!!

John

On 7/1/2013 2:14 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> This past weekend, among many other things, I replaced the CV boots I put
> on the car last July. I bought them locally, but opted this time to try one
> of the list vendors. We'll see how that goes.
>
> But what does not bode well is the fact that the week before that, I
> installed an ignition switch purchased from a list vendor. Before I could
> begin work on the CVs and suspension this past saturday, I needed to move
> the car and sweep under it. It wouldn't start. I had to replace the
> week-old switch with an old one I had removed from another Vanagon!
>
> Between the heater valves and ignition switches, I'm ready to set my
> ordering app to NO MEYLE.
>
> Jim
>