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ddglanton

Hey Guys,

Additional information. Read this for your entertainment.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...epo-parts.html

Darrell Quickdraw Glanton

NONN37

man. like i get what you are trying to get at. stuff aint what it use to be, but youre getting replacements not nos factory pieces.
but like i said, maybe your car is jacked up or you just have bad luck.
you just seem to be bashing with no detailed information as to what is wrong. just that they are bad. pretty baseless
Maybe take instruction and see if your wipers are grounded right, (common problem wiring where people burn up there motors with bad ground).
probably frying all your other crap beacuse something is wrong/hot. also looks like you ordered the wrong drive shaft coupler, doesnt mean its bad. things need to be broken in too.
latch aint gonna work like a 40 year old broken in and well adjusted unit.

hosehead

I had a problem recovering my seats on my 75. The seat foam is too big for the covers or the covers are not made large enough to cover the new foam. After a month of phone calls to the supplier they sent me everything new again. Same problem.

NONN37

that is NOT a problem. that is how they are suppose to be. Otherwise the covers would be loose and look wrinkly.
send them to an upholstery shop they know what to do. you have to "shrink" the foam by compression it,, or putting your body/arm on it to squish it at the same time you apply the cover. also you use a thin plastic sheet/or bag and place it over the foam to help the cover fabric slip over the foam easier and not get caught. hope this helps.

hosehead

nonn37 thanks for the info. Will leave it up to the professionals now.

ddglanton

Here you go. Read these. I don't make baseless claims. I am an Aerospace Engineer and I think I know what I am talking about. The double-d shaft was machined wrong from the factory. I took it to a machinist and he agreed as if I didn't know already.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-corvette.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...r-windows.html

ddglanton

Hey Guys,

Corvette America's door latchs are beyond terrible. I installed them new on my corvette. The lock and unlock mechanism is so hard to use, none of my lock features work. The door latch is impossible to unlock/lock with a key it is so hard. The actuator cannot overcome the friction required to work properly. And even the manual lock, I had to use a pair of pliers to actuation unlock and lock. Terrible product. Now I have to dissassemble my whole door(s) and put on a new latch after just doing it. I have ordered two from Zip Corvette and we'll see how those work. I will keep you posted.

NONN37

probably ask who manufactures them. probably come from the same place.
You seem like the type of fella who should be looking for nos gm or good used pieces, instead of the aftermarket junk you will never be satisfied with.
I would try to find a good used set. they are usually bulletproof as long as the car wasnt sitting in the woods somewhere with the doors/windows open for 20 years.

Lakeside49

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1597891361

Zip Corvettes

So you say I am not listening and you are, but you didn't read what I said.... I didn't say you were wrong but I did say you are mentioning a lot of stuff that is wrong and nothing about the problem could be the guy installing it. We do check a ton of our parts but we can't check everything. You say your an aerospace engineer, you should understand the complexity of what you are asking then and how it is not feasible. You know what I see a lot of though, it is mis installed parts and like the post above where the seat foam is too big. To the person who doesn't do this all the time it would appear to be that way, but that is the way it is supposed to be. I get these phone calls every day, and I personally see the parts that come back to test and like the wiper motor, 99% of them are good, it was the installer or the car that had the issue and not the motor. The point is we do listen to our customers, but I also do not just change something because a customer says it is wrong. We check and test parts all the time. The only reason I said anything to you because of the way you said it and that you made the assumption in your statement that nobody checks anything the majority of repro parts are bad.
Justin

nutsy

yes, I just got my 2nd wiper switch and its junk just like the first. for 35 bucs it should be better. it looks like the original but it ends there. if I used my wipers regularly it wouldn't last a couple months.

Zip Corvettes

I have been going back and forth with manufacturers on that part. The wiper switch more so than the headlight switch. Part of the problem is not just lack of QC but it is technology and the lack of enough parts being produced to actually do this correct. The original contacts were stamped, so when they were stamped it left the edges rounded. It takes a massive amount of money today to produce the parts like that. Today all of this stuff is laser cut, the problem is that the parts are not being de-burred after this and it leaves a rough edge on them. So inside the switch they do not glide over each other very well and you have spring tension as well that will usually make the switch come apart when the two contacts slide over and jam on each other. They have been getting better about this, but this is one of those parts that could absolutely be improved upon. We have thought about producing it, but there are already two different manufacturers of it. My project to do list is already big that I am working on, however if these have not been fixed by the time my stuff is getting finished then that will probably be what I work on.
The headlight switch's were fixed and I have not had an issue with those in awhile.

Zip Corvettes

Try loosening the screws, if you loosen them and it frees the mechanism up it is because the mechanism is flat and that is wrong. I have not had the complaint on the 78-82 yet but it was an issue on the 69-77 units for awhile. If you look at a stock one they look flat until you lay them on something flat.

ddglanton

Hey Guys,

Corvette America's door latchs are beyond terrible. I installed them new on my corvette. The lock and unlock mechanism is so hard to use, none of my lock features work. The door latch is impossible to unlock/lock with a key it is so hard. The actuator cannot overcome the friction required to work properly. And even the manual lock, I had to use a pair of pliers to actuation unlock and lock. Terrible product. Now I have to dissassemble my whole door(s) and put on a new latch after just doing it. I have ordered two from Zip Corvette and we'll see how those work. I will keep you posted.

Zip Corvettes

I don't think CA makes those. I am fairly certain that only Keen makes the door mechanisms.

Dirty Dalton

I wrote 2 letters to the 4 or 5 vendors that I dealt with directly (The same, and additional vendors were used by the shop doing the actual work.) The first garnered a phone call and a letter from one vendor. The second an email from another. Both received high marks from me in my original letter. The second letter was an admission of our mistake with respect to an item from one vendor, but I shared that letter with all the original recipients so that all would know I'm happy to admit my errors. That particular vendor has not, yet, responded. The vendor who cost me the most has not offered to accept the item for a refund, nor have they put the advisory statement on their page that they said they would.

As for wiper switches, I think the third one worked. I don't know the vendor for the brake booster, which failed some months after getting the car on the road. That vendor took responsibility and supplied a replacement.

Jebbysan

I got a pair of black A-pillar trim pieces for my 72' and they flat out do not come close to fitting. $160 a pair and they are laying under the bench. Quite a disappointment.....I might be able to tweak them but got better things to do. They came from Corvette Central.
I am not that upset really because I should have sent them back and didn't, but they barely look like they were designed for a C3 they fit so poorly........I just wonder if anyone tries this stuff out in a prototype or dry run before they sell it.

Jebby

nix1981

I've replaced the light switch on my 69 and now the **** pulls completely out sometimes. It's maddening! Its the OE ****, would a new **** help?

Big2Bird

I doubt it. You can still get the Camaro switch from GM, and move the vacuum valve to the new one.