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Subject:Re: It's hard to make your Vanagon better when they're making the parts crappier
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:32:18 -0600

Would that be ~ Meyle yes, Meyle no ~

                                        ORR

On 1 Jul , 2013, at 1:43 PM, JRodgers wrote:

> 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
>>