I just watched the video and it means nothing to me. The Chinese are happy to produce any quality you are willing to pay for.

And BTW, look at your VANAGON wheel bearings. If they are original there is a good chance they are stamped "Made In Japan"!

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Neil2
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: German engineering vs. Chinese engineering (as demonstrated with bearings)

ah man, I just bought 10,000 on AliBaba!

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:02 PM, KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:

> That and a loose tolerance bearing will spin easier and longer than a 
> tight tolerance one.
>
> GregM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On 
> Behalf Of David Beierl
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:16 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: German engineering vs. Chinese engineering (as 
> demonstrated with bearings)
>
> At 07:57 PM 5/11/2016, J.C. wrote:
> >Nice video:
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsFF2AqYD7M
>
> I don't think this demonstrates much, other than that you can get a 
> bearing to spin for a very long time if you blow air at it.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>

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