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Originally Posted by kwmech

Most of the stuff now-a-days is just absolute junk for quality

Originally Posted by custom10nut

The direct result of sending manufacturing Overseas.
The “accepted tolerance” parameters are getting more sloppy every year.
Also, the parts are made with such quality, that you’re going to be replacing them in short time, forcing you to buy another piece of junk.
Not a “Political” statement, but just the truth.
Finding quality working/fitting parts has become a “Crap Shoot”.

China builds spaceships, surgical equipment, and has some of the most sophisticated engineered hardware and software in existence next to USA.

It is not "China's" fault.
They make stuff using specific parameters set by businesses here in the states. Those parameters are quality and cost.
They can only build something so good if you want to pay X for it.
If you want it any better, you'd have to pay more; I'm taking a wild guess that the marketing departments of these USA companies who order these parts from China did research before they made multi-million dollar orders of thousands of parts.

Their marketing and sales people said: "If we make a battery tray that fits like a factory piece it will cost the consumer $200. Nobody in our study group would buy it. So we'll make it for sale at $40 a piece and it will fit 3/5's of the time"
I know this sounds odd but marketing and sales are in charge--not hobbyists.


If the products are getting worse, I'd say conversely: These USA companies marketing teams are finding people want greater value and more parts offered. "We can do that but there will be a cost to pay in terms of quality or price, the consumer will decide."
There are lots of parts available today that were only a pipe-dream 15 years ago. This doesn't happen by magic, it happens by careful economic-driven strategy(and in this case that means give people lots of diverse stuff for affordable prices; and all of it will be low quality)