Date:         Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:07:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
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        Made in China for sure ,

                                                                   Stacy

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> I know about Timken, they would be my second choice. I've owned a few VW's
> and all had Japanese wheel bearings.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> www.raspberryproject.com
> http://goo.gl/niRzVw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of Marc Perdue
> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:24 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
>
> Tapered roller bearings are usually made by Timken, which is an Ohio-based
> company. Whether they still have them made in Ohio or farm them out to
> China or Japan, I don't know. But I do have an interesting (well, to me
> anyway) story about tapered roller bearings. One of my ancestors, last name
> of Tipton, used to repair windmills. Remember them? One thing that he
> invented to build/repair windmills was a large, tapered roller bearing made
> out of wood. Timken actually visited him and got the idea for the metal
> tapered roller bearings from my ancestor's wooden windmill bearings. Being
> as my family have never been very good about patenting their ideas or
> anything, and being as they're very generous with their ideas, well, the
> rest, as they say, is history, and my ancestors never got to share in the
> wealth. Timken is now something like a 12 billion dollar company, with
> their roller bearings gracing pretty much every wheel of every car that
> uses tapered roller bearings.
>
> History is fun stuff.
> Marc Perdue
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > I noticed from the Rock Auto thread that some believe most parts are
> > made in China? For modern production car glass that might be true but
> > I bet that Vanagon replacement glass is probably made here in the USA.
> > Actually, a lot of things are made here - we still do more manufacturing
> than China today.
> > All of the high volume low cost comes from China.
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh, and on the German Parts comment? You'd be surprised at how little
> > of your Vanagon is German! And for proof, pull one of your front wheel
> > bearings. If it's original it will be stamped "Made in Japan".
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> >
> > www.kegkits.com <http://www.kegkits.com/>
> >
> > www.stir-plate.com <http://www.stir-plate.com/>
> >
> > www.towercooler.com <http://www.towercooler.com/>
> >
> > www.grow-sun.com <http://www.grow-sun.com/>
> >
> > www.raspberryproject.com <http://www.raspberryproject.com/>
> >
> > http://goo.gl/niRzVw
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