HEY CARDONE... Since the service life of a brake pads is considerably longer than it used to be with ceramic pads, please, for the love of god, also sell 2 slightly over-sized (.05"-.020"over) caliper slider pins for those of us who have your rebuilt calipers on their cars. The reason is because every rebuilt caliper I've ever gotten from you, has worn slider pin holes that are not given attention when they clean the caliper and rebuild the piston. Sure, the holes are filled with grease from the factory, and they're fine for a month or two, but because of the hole's wear from the hardened slider pin and the grease literally disappearing, regardless of grease quality, the calipers end up rattling on the pins when going down even a mildly bumpy road with no foot on the brake. This is because the grease, which helps cushion the caliper at first, literally melts off by the 2nd month, even with good rubber dust seals. The pins are mostly dry and the calipers bang like crazy over bumps. Not to mention possible brake pad shake too. All this slop makes my nice car feel like ass over the bumpy roads of RI. SOOOO, waddaya say... can we be intelligent like I know the Cardone people are and let's solve this stupid problem. I know I'm not the only person that knows why this occurs. I'm just one of the few that's identified it and complained about it.
As a successful engine builder and mechanic over 32 yrs I must admit Rebuilt is the way too go! I know there's going to be questions, concerns,many debates.. I'm telling you from yrS of experience, Rebuilt is the best bang for buck! Obviously it depends on the situations.. I, if going to do then do it right!
I’d like for you to post a video of you in your shop so I can trust your word. Right now my options are a used engine with 27 k kilometres, or a rebuilt engine.
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I had a question,i don't understand this rebuilt deal,i guess i've never bought a rebuilt part, who sells them? every time i have a bought a part from Cardone at Autozone or other parts places the items always say "re manufactured" for example, im needing to buy a steering rack for my car, this same rack is used in 30 other models, since this rack has been around for 30 plus years i assume any known reliability issues were worked out eons ago but when you buy the part the box always says "reman" so to me reman has always meant, clean the part, take it apart, rebuild the internals and sell it to the public, wouldn't that be rebuilt?
Rebuilt often means that only the wear portions, or only the most worn/fault area in some cases, is replaced, while rebuilt "should" also mean measuring all important tolerances, replacing any part that is subject to wear, and refinishing the exterior. Rebuilt can be done as well in some cases, but remanufactured with same quality standards, should always be equal or better quality. The thing is, sometimes the quality standards aren't as good, for example if you replace OEM bearings in something with cheap Chinese bearings, the resultant lifespan may suffer.
I have a 1962 gmc 305 v6, ive been looking everywhere to find rebuild kits or someone to remanufacture it, its become a rare engine and is extremely hard to find parts, also I have one more engine, its an old straight 8 chevy engine id like to have remanufactured, are you guys able to do anything for me?
I wouldn't trust cardone's claims of reengineering. The rear wiper motors on older Ford Explorers and Expeditions are known to fail due to the internal plastic gears. Yet cardone continues to sell those wiper motors with plastic gears and they still fail early, just as they did 20 years ago.
He was referring to the less common situations where the original design had a weakness that caused premature failure rather than normal wear. Most vehicles have a few such parts, and why not reman everything is because of the great cost to disassemble, reman, and reassemble. It is not known for certain how shortened the lifespan of such parts will be until they have had a large sample size out in the wild to determine excessive failure rate and a cause to change the design. Otherwise, just making every part 30% more expensive, would drive up the price of the vehicle by 30%, which is often a higher cost that accepting a few repairs every so often, as long as you DIY or have a competent, trustworthy mechanic. How many new car buyers really think about minute details of how each, of the thousands of components, are made? They care more about looks, performance, fuel economy, cost, and historic reliability which mostly tells them about the last generation of that model, not the new one they're buying now. Even so-called professional reviewers, seldom get into guessing about the reliability of new designs, rather than nothing something like an engine or tranny known to have problems which are usually fixed in a few years anyway.
thanks for clearing that up. I never understood what a used auto part was.
HEY CARDONE... Since the service life of a brake pads is considerably longer than it used to be with ceramic pads, please, for the love of god, also sell 2 slightly over-sized (.05"-.020"over) caliper slider pins for those of us who have your rebuilt calipers on their cars. The reason is because every rebuilt caliper I've ever gotten from you, has worn slider pin holes that are not given attention when they clean the caliper and rebuild the piston. Sure, the holes are filled with grease from the factory, and they're fine for a month or two, but because of the hole's wear from the hardened slider pin and the grease literally disappearing, regardless of grease quality, the calipers end up rattling on the pins when going down even a mildly bumpy road with no foot on the brake. This is because the grease, which helps cushion the caliper at first, literally melts off by the 2nd month, even with good rubber dust seals. The pins are mostly dry and the calipers bang like crazy over bumps. Not to mention possible brake pad shake too. All this slop makes my nice car feel like ass over the bumpy roads of RI. SOOOO, waddaya say... can we be intelligent like I know the Cardone people are and let's solve this stupid problem. I know I'm not the only person that knows why this occurs. I'm just one of the few that's identified it and complained about it.
Great explanation, thanks for sharing.
As a successful engine builder and mechanic over 32 yrs I must admit Rebuilt is the way too go! I know there's going to be questions, concerns,many debates.. I'm telling you from yrS of experience, Rebuilt is the best bang for buck! Obviously it depends on the situations.. I, if going to do then do it right!
I’d like for you to post a video of you in your shop so I can trust your word. Right now my options are a used engine with 27 k kilometres, or a rebuilt engine.
Well explained !
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Where do you buy Rebuild Transmission? I need for Mazda protege 5
Does new or remanufactured last longer. That’s all I car about and don’t know
I had a question,i don't understand this rebuilt deal,i guess i've never bought a rebuilt part, who sells them? every time i have a bought a part from Cardone at Autozone or other parts places the items always say "re manufactured" for example, im needing to buy a steering rack for my car, this same rack is used in 30 other models, since this rack has been around for 30 plus years i assume any known reliability issues were worked out eons ago but when you buy the part the box always says "reman" so to me reman has always meant, clean the part, take it apart, rebuild the internals and sell it to the public, wouldn't that be rebuilt?
You could rebuild it yourself, just changing bearings, gaskets and so on.
Rebuilt often means that only the wear portions, or only the most worn/fault area in some cases, is replaced, while rebuilt "should" also mean measuring all important tolerances, replacing any part that is subject to wear, and refinishing the exterior. Rebuilt can be done as well in some cases, but remanufactured with same quality standards, should always be equal or better quality. The thing is, sometimes the quality standards aren't as good, for example if you replace OEM bearings in something with cheap Chinese bearings, the resultant lifespan may suffer.
I have a 1962 gmc 305 v6, ive been looking everywhere to find rebuild kits or someone to remanufacture it, its become a rare engine and is extremely hard to find parts, also I have one more engine, its an old straight 8 chevy engine id like to have remanufactured, are you guys able to do anything for me?
I wouldn't trust cardone's claims of reengineering. The rear wiper motors on older Ford Explorers and Expeditions are known to fail due to the internal plastic gears. Yet cardone continues to sell those wiper motors with plastic gears and they still fail early, just as they did 20 years ago.
Lost me once you said better than new. Than y not reman everything
He was referring to the less common situations where the original design had a weakness that caused premature failure rather than normal wear. Most vehicles have a few such parts, and why not reman everything is because of the great cost to disassemble, reman, and reassemble. It is not known for certain how shortened the lifespan of such parts will be until they have had a large sample size out in the wild to determine excessive failure rate and a cause to change the design.
Otherwise, just making every part 30% more expensive, would drive up the price of the vehicle by 30%, which is often a higher cost that accepting a few repairs every so often, as long as you DIY or have a competent, trustworthy mechanic.
How many new car buyers really think about minute details of how each, of the thousands of components, are made? They care more about looks, performance, fuel economy, cost, and historic reliability which mostly tells them about the last generation of that model, not the new one they're buying now. Even so-called professional reviewers, seldom get into guessing about the reliability of new designs, rather than nothing something like an engine or tranny known to have problems which are usually fixed in a few years anyway.