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Originally Posted By: stephen9666
I don't think a pre-greased joint will be exploding with grease, necessarily.
As another member said, Taiwan is usually far better than China. I wonder where the OE parts would have been made? Who knows if the OE supplier has a factory in Taiwan? Car parts come from all over the world, now.
I was only looking for a bit of boot firmness ... it just seemed scant for a new joint.
I think Taiwan would be decent, but really have no way to tell. I recall bike frame welding moving from Japan to Taiwan in the 80's ... and all of the welds on this control arm seemed robust. Maybe in 5 more years after heaps of these Sienna control arm bushings are failing, they will sell the bushing only. The other rationale for not selling the rear bushing only is that when the rear fails, it places extra tension on the front bushings and I suspect would wear them prematurely. I still think it's a poor design.
I don't think a pre-greased joint will be exploding with grease, necessarily.
As another member said, Taiwan is usually far better than China. I wonder where the OE parts would have been made? Who knows if the OE supplier has a factory in Taiwan? Car parts come from all over the world, now.
I was only looking for a bit of boot firmness ... it just seemed scant for a new joint.
I think Taiwan would be decent, but really have no way to tell. I recall bike frame welding moving from Japan to Taiwan in the 80's ... and all of the welds on this control arm seemed robust. Maybe in 5 more years after heaps of these Sienna control arm bushings are failing, they will sell the bushing only. The other rationale for not selling the rear bushing only is that when the rear fails, it places extra tension on the front bushings and I suspect would wear them prematurely. I still think it's a poor design.