Date:         Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:04:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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fwiw, my Horbor Freight 120 or so dollar press was ok afte we welded some
braces on it so it wouldn't flex so much..........
and even then ..........it's cheap, things have bent on it just from using
it.
   Frankly, .........some things from China Freight and Salvage are OK -
doing fine with a floor jack..........
but a lot of it........is made to the lowest possible barely acceptable
standard, in China.

Got a couple sets of their wheel dollies.........so you can push a car
sideways or whereever on a smooth concrete floor.
They just do not  roll for beans with an ordinary 2WD vangon sitting on
them.    Just super el cheapo wheels and non-bearings.   Sure wouldn't buy
those again, not for their intended purpose anyway.
My point is ..........
Too often China Freight and Salvage stuff is just not up to even 'basically
acceptable' standards.
Scary how cheaply they make stuff in China.  Some is all right, much of it
not.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?


> It won't work, I checked. Takes a modified set or the "full" set from
> FLAPS.
> Jim
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:
>
>> At 07:22 PM 8/7/2008, Jim Felder wrote...
>>
>>> I got a similar quote for a shop just to press out and in new upper and
>>> lower ball joints on my 83 steering knuckles. I told the guy that I
>>> could
>>> buy a harbor freight press for that
>>>
>>
>> Good luck with that. Given the odd angles, I don't think it can work with
>> any unmodified "universal" set.
>>
>>