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Originally Posted by RCP57

Thanks for that Mike. I have looked many times and have never seen them for sale "new" anywhere but from RC4WD so I guess they are it. It seems the semi axles we use are often branded with different badging(or none at all) and sold at many different online stores but are actually made by one outfit in China. I was hoping to find a way to buy them closer to the source and be able to save a few bucks. I don't know for sure that they will work for what I want so spending what will be very close to $600CAD on two axles is not a risk I want to take.

Reg

Hi Reg & pleased to meet you so to speak.

I think we try the same things i.e. try to find the manufacturer. Always shop around as often you do find the same thing at a lower cost. I do think you're right though, there's a couple of Chinese guys in Xaimen or shanghai working 14 hours a day 7 days a week making all this stuff for everyone

Seriously though you're right again, so much money for a couple of axles. It doesn't matter who you are that is serious money for what might be an experiment. Having said that when I look at the quoted specification there's a whole load of work goes into these. Over sixty parts, 13 bearings, removable covers, powder coated in place of anodization, hardened steel and so on. Working on typical 50% gross margin and excluding shipping costs it seems like the cost price of these is likely to be around £25.00 British which isn't at all costly when you consider the amount of work that goes into them at probably quite low volume of production.

Truth is you're probably closer to the manufacturer where you are on the island than any of us !

As I'd never seen these before you're peaked my interest and if you let me know which ones you're interested in (with a part number) then I'll do my best to scour the interweb and find the best price I can for you (new and or used). If I find anything I'll PM you to save just running this thread on and on.

Just trying to help


Mike