Tell me what this is! Needle bearing, pilot bushing, or something else?

[colectb]

I got notified today that the part is NO LONGER AVAILABLE from Audi. I cut off the torque converter on my seized engine though, and stole the one from that. I'll have pictures of the completed car soon!

[rabbid79]

I cringe whenever I hear those words..."NO LONGER AVAILABLE".  Those words have been a real pain in my ass.  Rather than cringe, I guess you could say I pucker up.  Anyway, it sounds like you already have the part you need, but in the future, if you're not in a hurry, NLA parts, or European-only parts, can usually be ordered from over-seas through worldimpex.com.  They have a dealer that they work with in Germany to ship special order parts over here.  There has been at least 5 times when my dealer told me something was NLA, and I was able to get it through World Impex.  They don't charge a ton of money either.  Their parts are usually cheaper than the dealer, plus they don't add additional shipping or customs charges.  It can just take a while to get them is all.  This last time took a month and a half, although it's usually only 2-3 weeks.

[Vincent Waldon]

Passenger-side parking brake cable for my 1998 Mazda pickup... the one that rusts out *all* the time...including on every Mazda pickup in the JY... is NLA.     How can a safety system part for something only 12 years old be NLA??!!  

[maxfax]

IT is getting disgusting how many parts are NLA through the dealers anymore.. Especially for relatively new stuff like Vince's truck.. And newer!  I'm surprised though how often (when you can find the right parts guy) they can still get the part with a few phone calls..  Seems as though they mark it NLA in the computer system long before stocks are depleted..   Sadly the good parts guys seem to a dying breed....


Vince, try your Ford dealer..  Just don't mention the word Mazda.. The last guy I dealt with for parts on one of those swore up and down that the Mazda B series and Ranger were not the same truck.. 

[Vincent Waldon]

Vince, try your Ford dealer

Yeah, but ix-nay on the Ord-fay... I can hardly believe I have a non-VW in the fleet, let alone something that rolled off the... gasp... Ford assembly line.  ;-)

Sorry OP...we're off topic.