i understand all that, but $40 for 2 roller bearings seems way too much for me. i can understand having to mark up the price to make some money off of it (like any middle man does), but there is a point when it's too much. i can do the whole install myself, i just wanna buy the bearings at a reasonable price.D.Hearne said:$40 sounds reasonable to me. You think he works for free? I'm sure he's probably got a family to support like many of us.
where did you get the bearings from?gp001 said:There is more involved than just slappin in bearings.
Here is how I did mine
http://www.2mfffabshop.com/pdlasy.htm
See? That's part of it too. You're not just paying for the bearings, but also the knowledge of what bearings to use and where to get them. That's the tradeoff -- you can spend the time and effort to figure everything out yourself and perhaps get it wrong the first couple of times, or you can pay a bit more to a reputable vendor who has done the hard part for you. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the first option, in fact it's what I personally prefer, just recognize that there's more of a reason for markup than just to "make some money off it".6Stang7 said:where did you get the bearings from?
6Stang7 said:where did you get the bearings from?
huh? i dont know where to buy them. i know plenty about the bearings themselves (i'm a mechanical engineering major here). there is nothing hard here design wise, it all boils down to there not being a bearing store anywhere near me.reenmachine said:See? That's part of it too. You're not just paying for the bearings, but also the knowledge of what bearings to use and where to get them. That's the tradeoff -- you can spend the time and effort to figure everything out yourself and perhaps get it wrong the first couple of times, or you can pay a bit more to a reputable vendor who has done the hard part for you. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the first option, in fact it's what I personally prefer, just recognize that there's more of a reason for markup than just to "make some money off it".
i can use my old high schools metal shop if need be, but i do have an end mill and lath at home. i also have access to a CNC mill.gp001 said:From a local supply house I use. But how are you going to mount the bearings??? If I didn't have access to a machining buddy that owed me big time and made the retainers I would have purchased the kit from Mustang Steve.
6Stang7 said:huh? i dont know where to buy them. i know plenty about the bearings themselves (i'm a mechanical engineering major here). there is nothing hard here design wise, it all boils down to there not being a bearing store anywhere near me.
D.Hearne said:I'd like to see the look on your face the first time you take the time and effort to design and market something, only to have somebody rip your efforts with the complaint that you're charging too much for a simple job that he could have done cheaper, if only he had the time. I went thru something similar last year in selling a 71-351W block(std bore). I was asking $175 for it, if I'm not mistaken, but had multiple complaints that it wasn't worth the asking price. I took MY time to find it, strip the motor down to the bare block, take it to an auto machinist to have it cleaned and mag'd to give it a clean bill of health, but to those who said I was asking too much, I simply invited them to get one on their own. In the end a guy from N. Carolina paid me $260 for it.
rip it off? this isnt some complex design here which required a massive amount of engineering. it's sticking a bearing with it's race into a hole.D.Hearne said:I'd like to see the look on your face the first time you take the time and effort to design and market something, only to have somebody rip your efforts with the complaint that you're charging too much for a simple job that he could have done cheaper, if only he had the time.
6Stang7 said:rip it off? this isnt some complex design here which required a massive amount of engineering. it's sticking a bearing with it's race into a hole.mustang steve wasnt even the first to do this. there is a mustang shop in near me that has been doing this (they want $50 for just teh bearings). i'm sorry, i dont see replacing a plastic bushing with a bearing as being some great engineering feat.
rbohm said:shoot D. if i had known you had a 351w block for sale, and i had the money, and the cargo room, i would have paid you $175 knowing that it was ready to build. people can be so stupid at times.
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