Legality of purchasing Planetary Gearboxes from alternative sources.

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by marshall

Are cheaper gearboxes from China a solution?

Where does Andymark get their PG sets from? They don't make them in house otherwise they wouldn't have had to wait for a shipment to come in when they were out of stock. A 25 day lead sounds awful familiar...

When you ask this question, I'd have to know if they were the same gearboxes, and my gut reaction is that they are identical and most like come from the same source.

We aren't in a position this year where money is going to stop us from buying an extra gearbox or two, but why on Earth would I pay double for the same thing? The only noticeabe difference is the price and lead time.

Anyone have one of these in hand to say otherwise?