Stone said:I love mine too!They are available as used parts to be swapped in, www.gscruiserparts.com has them...
Only if you're ready to sell your soul to the importers....
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Only if you're ready to sell your soul to the importers....
CruisinGA said:Only if you're ready to sell your soul to the importers....
I'm not an importer, but I'm curious...care to expound on that statement?
Stone said:
They are really expensive, but man they're the bling. But I'm sure you figured that much.
Overlord said:
Yup, I figured that much...they are expensive. Tried my rear locker out last night at a parking lot to check its operation after servicing the 3rd member...seamless operation on and off without the slightest hint of a sound...sweet. The original post I was curious about just sounded like there was an implication linking the high price of the cable locking axles to the importers, that's all.
I'm no commercial importer, but I have bought and imported parts for my own consumption. There is a general trend on these boards to link the importers to obscene profits. A fact a lot of us don't remember is that importing parts involves costs and time. Just because a set of cable lockers cost $1200 in Finland or $1500 somewhere else doesn't mean that you can shell out that money in the US and have it appear magically in your garage. There is costs of crating, transportation to and from the harbor, shipping fees, all sort of harbor and customs fees and taxes to be paid.
Then there is still the opportunity barrier, it is not easy for any of us in the US to contact a wrecking yard in a foreign country and talk them into accepting payment from overseas, crating the parts, filling out the paperwork and trucking the crate to the harbor. Try e-mailing a wrecker in Oz or Europe. To them your e-mail doesn't look much different from some Nigerian money scam.
Besides, if you were the importer, you'd want some reward for your efforts. A simple "thank you" doesn't put food on the table.
Dave
Then there is still the opportunity barrier, it is not easy for any of us in the US to contact a wrecking yard in a foreign country and talk them into accepting payment from overseas, crating the parts, filling out the paperwork and trucking the crate to the harbor. Try e-mailing a wrecker in Oz or Europe. To them your e-mail doesn't look much different from some Nigerian money scam.
Besides, if you were the importer, you'd want some reward for your efforts. A simple "thank you" doesn't put food on the table.
Dave
Another thing to consider is spare parts for your non-usa stuffs, imagine breaking a rear fj60 FF axle with factory locker in middle of nowhere. It took me sometimes to find a cheaper pair of spare rear FF axles in aussie than realized that it cost as much or more than the part itself to ship into the states. But if you can afford it why not?
Yeah, my axles are still on the ship somewhere in the pacific.
/td
Yeah, my axles are still on the ship somewhere in the pacific.
/td
mustardfj40 said:
Or get some alloy 300M or 4340 axles made.
Overlord said:
I wouldn't mind a stronger set of rear full floater axles, who made your rear FF axle? How about price?
/td
beanz2 said:
Lemme know too... most of the FF I sold last year (8) are VERY interested in a set of HD shafts... I have a spare set here (my spare set) that I was going to send off to a couple axle shops to see if they could replicate... if they can't do the taper... I know local machine shops that can... worst case, I can take them to school (UofU Mech. Engin. Lab) and do them myself on the mill... might have to buy the tooling to do the taper...
beanz2 said:
Pig over at pirate says (via PM) he can make anything as long as he has a sample. I never pursued it further as the money isn't there for me right now. If I was seriously going to get some custom made right now, I would call him, but I don't want to waist his time.