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Bringing the 4lb Caged lower back from the Dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="cj428mach" data-source="post: 15505300" data-attributes="member: 142081"><p>Originally I had the shop make 10 but they made 12. The second run I had them make 20 and they made 30. Once they're setup to make them it costs them next to nothing to make them but I still pay the same price thats one of the turn offs. </p><p></p><p>When I first contacted them they said the first batch of pulleys would be $XXX's a piece but most of that cost was the design costs and that any future run would be much cheaper. On the second run I ordered double the amount and there were no design costs at that point, and the price was only $20 bucks cheaper. This was disappointing in that I was hoping to get the cost down substantially so I could actually make a little something on them and at the same time drop the selling price considerably. </p><p></p><p>There was a small group of people that bought the pulleys that were like you, just give me the pulley/basic parts and I'll make it happen attitude. If everyone had that attitude it would make things a lot easier, but the worlds just not that way. </p><p></p><p>On one of the pulleys the purchaser hit me up about how my pulley was junk and that shortly after startup the snap ring broke, the pulley came loose, walked rearward into the lower pulley bracket and was completely destroyed. After looking at pictures of his install and he had taken it upon himself to weld the press in studs in place and his welds were too tall causing contact with the pulley itself. Then as the tribar self tightened into the dampener it pulled the pulley rearward until the snap ring broke. It was 100% installation error and in the end he agreed it was his mistake. Although for a short while after his first initial contact with me I was pretty concerned I was going to have a big fight on my hand. I knew the pulley, was right they're machined to a way way tighter tolerance than anything the factory pulley ever did. </p><p></p><p>I had another guy that was concerned because when he spun the pulley by hand he thought it was noisy, so I sent a replacement bearing to him. </p><p></p><p>On another pulley that was installed it wobbled alittle, apparently the locktite kept the bearing from seating perfectly flush in the bottom so it had a little wobble to it. It was an easy fix but all these things make you sweat bullets when you're selling a product thats over $500 a piece and you make peanuts on. You have to replace a couple of pulleys and pretty soon you're very much in the red. </p><p></p><p>I'm actually relieved to have made it to the point where I feel any sort of warranty I should give has expired and at this point its every man for himself. I hope that makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cj428mach, post: 15505300, member: 142081"] Originally I had the shop make 10 but they made 12. The second run I had them make 20 and they made 30. Once they're setup to make them it costs them next to nothing to make them but I still pay the same price thats one of the turn offs. When I first contacted them they said the first batch of pulleys would be $XXX's a piece but most of that cost was the design costs and that any future run would be much cheaper. On the second run I ordered double the amount and there were no design costs at that point, and the price was only $20 bucks cheaper. This was disappointing in that I was hoping to get the cost down substantially so I could actually make a little something on them and at the same time drop the selling price considerably. There was a small group of people that bought the pulleys that were like you, just give me the pulley/basic parts and I'll make it happen attitude. If everyone had that attitude it would make things a lot easier, but the worlds just not that way. On one of the pulleys the purchaser hit me up about how my pulley was junk and that shortly after startup the snap ring broke, the pulley came loose, walked rearward into the lower pulley bracket and was completely destroyed. After looking at pictures of his install and he had taken it upon himself to weld the press in studs in place and his welds were too tall causing contact with the pulley itself. Then as the tribar self tightened into the dampener it pulled the pulley rearward until the snap ring broke. It was 100% installation error and in the end he agreed it was his mistake. Although for a short while after his first initial contact with me I was pretty concerned I was going to have a big fight on my hand. I knew the pulley, was right they're machined to a way way tighter tolerance than anything the factory pulley ever did. I had another guy that was concerned because when he spun the pulley by hand he thought it was noisy, so I sent a replacement bearing to him. On another pulley that was installed it wobbled alittle, apparently the locktite kept the bearing from seating perfectly flush in the bottom so it had a little wobble to it. It was an easy fix but all these things make you sweat bullets when you're selling a product thats over $500 a piece and you make peanuts on. You have to replace a couple of pulleys and pretty soon you're very much in the red. I'm actually relieved to have made it to the point where I feel any sort of warranty I should give has expired and at this point its every man for himself. I hope that makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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