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Originally Posted by pbonsalb
My thought on the ACL bearings is that I can buy them plus a measuring tool and still end up at less than the BE bearing price. I get a new tool for free that I can continue to use in the future. I have always reinvested the savings from DIYing into more tools. That reduces the savings from DIY but I enjoy it.
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I have a couple questions about this approach:
A) if the bearings are fine, you save a bit of money over BE and you now own a tool that may have very little practical use in real life (unless you build engines).
B) if the bearings are not fine, what recourse do you have? It is likely difficult to return bearing shells. If you need to buy more shells, then the savings go away, you are left with spare shells and a quasi useful tool.
Don't get me wrong, I too love to buy the parts and tools and save money on labor where possible.
Or am I out to lunch on this?
Cheers,