75' Drum Brake Woes and OEM Parts Availability (1 Viewer)

[phishtaco]

FWIW, I ordered a pair of rear wheel cylinders from cruiserteq on Monday afternoon and received them Wednesday afternoon in OH. Price was fair for Japanese made products and shipping was fast. Pretty much a no brainer.

 

[Wildcat Walker]

FWIW, I ordered a pair of rear wheel cylinders from cruiserteq on Monday afternoon and received them Wednesday afternoon in OH. Price was fair for Japanese made products and shipping was fast. Pretty much a no brainer.

How do they compare to the originals? Any pictures?

 

[Jdc1]

How do they compare to the originals? Any pictures?

Anything that @cruiseroutfit /cruiserteq sells will fit the bill.

 

[rlong]

Awhile back I put all new OEM Tokico shocks on my 40. They were about $20 each. I damaged one on the trail and went back to the dealer to get a replacement. The part number had been superseded and the new price was $40. When I opened the package, the original $20 part number was stamped into the shock body, it was identical.

Most economies are based on “market price” as opposed to “cost”. They charge what someone there thinks is the market price; Old Toyota parts prices are not very consistent but should not be expected to be fixed at cost. I am an appraiser, appraised homes for years. Sometimes one of the bigger, nicer, homes in the neighborhood would sell higher than all other sales, and the lender would balk… I eventually started telling them “If no house can ever sell for more than the highest price in the neighborhood, then houses would cost the same as when Lincoln was President”.

 

[charliemeyer007]

How good can a $20 shock be? Well its better than the same unit in a new box at $40. Soon it will be like $10,000 allen wrenches or $50,000 toilet seats. Mr. T must be on the NASA model now.

 

[Wildcat Walker]

Most economies are based on “market price” as opposed to “cost”. They charge what someone there thinks is the market price; Old Toyota parts prices are not very consistent but should not be expected to be fixed at cost. I am an appraiser, appraised homes for years. Sometimes one of the bigger, nicer, homes in the neighborhood would sell higher than all other sales, and the lender would balk… I eventually started telling them “If no house can ever sell for more than the highest price in the neighborhood, then houses would cost the same as when Lincoln was President”.

All I can say is that I wish you assholes would stop paying double and triple what stuff sells for. Yall walk in and complain your parts bill is too low? We ARE the market.