[Admin note - "Bounced", non-member. Patrick]
In my efforts to track down the pulleys for my parking brake system per
(http://www.california.com/~eagle/brakes.html brake) I spoke to a
woman at the pulley manufacturing company, Block Division Inc.
(http://www.block.net/) who was rushing to get home. After a few
minutes trying to find a distributor near me, she told me that
McMaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com/) sells their complete line. I
have been using McMaster since my days in the yacht building business.
They sold the pulleys cheaper than Block Division to boot. Check out
Block Division for tech details on the pulleys.
The part number is 3099T52 and they sell for $5.36 each. They take
credit cards and ship same day. This was the best part. I ordered on
Tuesday at 5:00pm and got them Wednesday evening via UPS. Total
shipping was $2.17. None of that "Handling" baloney.
I use them for nuts and bolts as well as other stuff I need in a hurry.
Quantity prices beat Home Depot most of the time. Grade 8 and metric also.
Interesting story. I have a friend who is a oil pipeline engineer. He
was at a large hardware store in Saudi Arabia. Prices were high but the
quality and selection was good. He was trying to track down a special
bolt and was sent to the purchasing department. Expecting a room filled
with catalogs, Thomas Registry and stacks of paper work, he was
surprised to see a small, neat room with one guy sitting in it. On one
side of him was a fax machine, on the other were a Grainger
(http://www.grainger.com/) catalog and a McMaster Carr catalog...that
was it. If it was't in one of those catalogs, it didn't exist. At
least in that part of the world.
Ron and Julie
73 Painted Desert
In my efforts to track down the pulleys for my parking brake system per
(http://www.california.com/~eagle/brakes.html brake) I spoke to a
woman at the pulley manufacturing company, Block Division Inc.
(http://www.block.net/) who was rushing to get home. After a few
minutes trying to find a distributor near me, she told me that
McMaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com/) sells their complete line. I
have been using McMaster since my days in the yacht building business.
They sold the pulleys cheaper than Block Division to boot. Check out
Block Division for tech details on the pulleys.
The part number is 3099T52 and they sell for $5.36 each. They take
credit cards and ship same day. This was the best part. I ordered on
Tuesday at 5:00pm and got them Wednesday evening via UPS. Total
shipping was $2.17. None of that "Handling" baloney.
I use them for nuts and bolts as well as other stuff I need in a hurry.
Quantity prices beat Home Depot most of the time. Grade 8 and metric also.
Interesting story. I have a friend who is a oil pipeline engineer. He
was at a large hardware store in Saudi Arabia. Prices were high but the
quality and selection was good. He was trying to track down a special
bolt and was sent to the purchasing department. Expecting a room filled
with catalogs, Thomas Registry and stacks of paper work, he was
surprised to see a small, neat room with one guy sitting in it. On one
side of him was a fax machine, on the other were a Grainger
(http://www.grainger.com/) catalog and a McMaster Carr catalog...that
was it. If it was't in one of those catalogs, it didn't exist. At
least in that part of the world.
Ron and Julie
73 Painted Desert
