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Subject:Re: Clutch, new or 'remanufactured'?
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:29:38 -0400

> Okay vendors, here's your chance to shine!!!  I recently purchased a 'new'
> Sachs clutch for the Vanagon.  Came in a Sachs box.  Disk is
> marked as follows...
>
> Lining: Perfection - Made in USA
> Hub: Sachs - Made in Germany
> Paper stick on tag - Hencho en Mexico
>
> Does this sound like a 'new' Sachs clutch disk?

Probably. I've noticed that most of the 228mm Sachs disks are now being
surfaced in Mexico.  Have been for some time, I gather.  I haven't noticed
any difference in quality, even put one on my own '89 Westy and it worked
great.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com