I spent a long time chasing this down years ago.  In the US under Federal
law, in automotive usage the terms "rebuilt" and "remanufactured" are
legally identical.  They both mean broken items repaired, wear items
renewed or not at rebuilder's discretion.  And "factory rebuilt" means
rebuilt in a factory.  Any factory.

In machine tool industry (not codified in law so far as I know) "rebuilt"
means brought back to original condition as it was when first built; and
"remanufactured" means brought to condition as though it were built today,
with all upgrades and specification changes that had occurred in the mean
time.

Yrs,
d

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've always been curious about the difference between "rebuilt" and
> "remanufactured".
>