Good online source for repair parts for semi's?

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  1. Nightcrawler99

    Nightcrawler99 Bobtail Member

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    Yeah that’s what I was trying to find….basically a rock auto type of a place but for big truck parts. Even something similar to gmpartsdirect.com would be nice. Something with a good online search tool so you can find exactly what you want. I don’t like getting parts on Amazon or eBay.
     
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  3. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Sadly this does not really exist. If you know the part some places are better than others, but ive not found a GOOD website yet
     
  4. jamespmack

    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    FL is normally the cheapest place for cat, cummins, detroit parts. Don't matter the truck brand.
     
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    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    Ryder fleet products was good. They're no longer.

    You have to watch other sources like Amazon. There is a large amount of counterfeit parts made offshore copies.
    Huge market and can't be stopped, had this conversation with a bendix executive years back. They had shelves of warranted parts that had bendix name on it. Yet it wasn't thier part when disassembled. And no government entity cares, and they fulfilled the warranty before it was noticed.

    Buyer beware.
     
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  6. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    Buying Quality Parts is not easy anymore. Even the regular genuine parts you buy from the genuine manufacturers will say made in China in Mexico Taiwan India wherever.

    If you want to buy Like An air dryer you can buy the cheapest piece of crap on Amazon and it cost almost nothing. How long will something like that last? I would not want to be the one to take the chance.

    But especially, anything that requires tooling, like machine parts like water pumps things like that. China just does not have the manufacturing ability to do that correctly. Or at least they don't have the quality standards to make sure that it is consistent.

    One time I bought wheel bearings for my truck from transaxle. When they came it was some kind of a Hong Kong Phooey bearing. No way.

    When I called the parts guy he said I'm sorry they're trying to start substituting some of that stuff in and I apologize I'll get you good Timken bearings.

    Cheap Chinese junk is everywhere. The truck that you are working to make Dependable is the wrong place to cut the corner on that stuff.
     
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    W Bench Farms Light Load Member

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    Big Rig World operates a TRP store about 10 miles from me in East Liverpool. I check prices on everything, and they beat the internet on most. West Point Truck Center is good for brakes, drums, drive line and suspension. Don't think they'll ship though. Have had good luck with FYDA in Youngstown, and most parts for my old worn out FLD have been in stock. Find It Parts seems to be my go to when shopping online, although their descriptions and fitment guides are pretty lacking.
     
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  8. Damonx

    Damonx Bobtail Member

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    There have a lot of websites/online stores now for semi truck parts. I ordered my all truck parts from finditparts.com.
    A great resource for heavy duty or semi-truck parts
     
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