Anyone seen this?
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kitcarman said:
If that. They pay not much more than a tenner for a set of four pistons nowadays.
Why should a piston cost more than a tin of coke w/o the coke in it?
I reckon £10 is out by an order of magnitude.
Errm, at a guess because it contains more, and higher quality alloys, is cast (or forged) instead of pressed, and has considerable machining processes to meet far higher dimensional tolerances.
I find £7 for a complete power steering rack hard to believe, especialy with the amount of precision machined parts in them. Are you sure this wasn't just for the rack itself?
Mr2Mike said:-
I find £7 for a complete power steering rack hard to believe, especialy with the amount of precision machined parts in them. Are you sure this wasn't just for the rack itself?
I say:-
Quite certain, although I wasn't party to detailed negotiations, and I believe there was some material free-issued.
The rack itself comprises a metal bar about a metre long, 30mm ish diameter, weighing what? 1Kg? - cost steel at around £200 per tonne to Ford or the like (it costs only £400 per tonne in small quantity to a kit car maker). So the "big bit" has a 20pence material content.
How much to cut a row of teeth on one side, put dimples and threads at each end and cut a guide groove down its length? Let's not forget that around 2,000 a day will be wanted so robotic production shall be the order of the day.
Robots cost a few bob to install, but they work 24hrs a day w/o complaining, eating, smoking or even taking a dump. The place quoting had one semi skilled m/c minder per 10 ish automated widgit makers.
Quote Henry Ford in 1948 I think.
"If you need a machine and fail to buy it ...... you'll find you've paid for it .... but don't have it."
My point. Things don't cost nearly as much as we are led to believe.
>> Edited by kitcarman on Tuesday 2nd September 10:45
I find £7 for a complete power steering rack hard to believe, especialy with the amount of precision machined parts in them. Are you sure this wasn't just for the rack itself?
I say:-
Quite certain, although I wasn't party to detailed negotiations, and I believe there was some material free-issued.
The rack itself comprises a metal bar about a metre long, 30mm ish diameter, weighing what? 1Kg? - cost steel at around £200 per tonne to Ford or the like (it costs only £400 per tonne in small quantity to a kit car maker). So the "big bit" has a 20pence material content.
How much to cut a row of teeth on one side, put dimples and threads at each end and cut a guide groove down its length? Let's not forget that around 2,000 a day will be wanted so robotic production shall be the order of the day.
Robots cost a few bob to install, but they work 24hrs a day w/o complaining, eating, smoking or even taking a dump. The place quoting had one semi skilled m/c minder per 10 ish automated widgit makers.
Quote Henry Ford in 1948 I think.
"If you need a machine and fail to buy it ...... you'll find you've paid for it .... but don't have it."
My point. Things don't cost nearly as much as we are led to believe.
>> Edited by kitcarman on Tuesday 2nd September 10:45
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