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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: 90Stomper on April 13, 2005, 03:52:09 PM
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i got the Richmond 5.83 R & P gear (front) from Calmini and it is already installed. the rear set has been on backorder for 2 months now!! (they told me 2 weeks) i am really tired of waiting and Calmini told me today that they didnt know when it would be in and i wold be the 2nd person to know, ha ha, NOT. >:(
does ANYONE sell a 5.83 (prefer richmond) rear 12 bolt R & P for a tracker other than Calmini? i have missed 2 wheeling events already!!!
thanks :'(
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I am pretty sure all of the 5.38s come from the same supplier...unless someone isn't sold out, you are probably screwed!
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Randy's Ring and Pinion?
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You and me both. Waiting since Feb. Keep getting told 2 more weeks every 2 weeks. Was told this again last week. >:( Tried Richmond Gear and they said Calmini is the only distributor.
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Randy's Ring and Pinion?
No, Randy's has the 5.38, NOT the 5.83 - this must be a horror story for anybody with Dyslexia!
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You could possibably call Hawk and see if he hapned across some used ones somewhere? 1-888-samurai
Zig
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thanks. :-/
Waiting since Feb. Keep getting told 2 more weeks every 2 weeks. Was told this again last week.
dito, but waiting since Jan.! i will call hawlk and i am ganna call Richmond too. this sucks, cant go to far in 4x4 with diferent gears >:(
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As I mentioned Richmond won't sell you anything and they don't keep stock. Hawk is also waiting with backorders and Rick wants some for his own use as well.
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yah, i called Hawk. said they are waiting on a few sets too. so i called Richmond and talked to Mike Astley (sp). and he told me THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON A PO FROM CALMINI!!!! WTF!!! >:( i give this crap 2 more weeks and then i am gonna start screeming. i know the horror stories about Calmini but i have always had great luck with them and defended them, til now. and if this keeps up this will be the last think i order from them, or any of my friends, or their friends and anyone i can find at any 4x4 event. this is a joke! 4 months!!!
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Calmini's gotta be able to get that discount for ordering X number of sets or more.
SO get your buddies to order gears and it'll come faster.
~Nate
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wow...wish I had seen this post earlier, there was brand new set on e-bay with a B.I.N. of 185.00
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"Waiting since Feb. Keep getting told 2 more weeks every 2 weeks. Was told this again last week. "
had the same problems with Calmini on two different ocasions. Anybody have suggestions for other parts suppliers?
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There are none, Calmini watches the board so I'm sure they are seeing your posts.  ;)
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Calmini's gotta be able to get that discount for ordering X number of sets or more.
i hope they watch the board, why dont they just tell people this if it is the case? i got two different sets of gears in my car cause they said it would be '2 weeks'!!! comunication people!!! geeez!
SO get your buddies to order gears and it'll come faster.
i know that HAWK is waiting on at least 2 maybe 3, i am waiting, mudbug and cj! how many people do they need?! hmmmm lets see thats maybe 6 sets at probobly anywhere from 50% to 100% mark up.... maybe i should just call Richmond and set myself up as a distributer and order 8 sets and resell them here :o
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 i got two different sets of gears in my car cause they said it would be '2 weeks'!!!  comunication people!!! geeez!
I nearly ended up in the same boat as you when I ordered mine, I got the front sent out with my Centreforce clutch and was going to fit it but then decided to wait just in case the inevitable happened and the 12 bolts were delayed.
I was right too email after email, the occasional phone call and it was all ways two weeks away, two weeks away, two weeks away then any day now. Steve K even told me at Xmas they were only a few weeks away !! ::)
Then as luck would have it salesman X was walking past the front 5.83s in stock and noticed a 12 bolt rear in among them which he sent out to me with my Anvil. After reading all the post above I feel extremely lucky that I was the one that got it otherwise I be right there beside ya bitching too....
I'd be ringing Steve K and asking WTF is going on and voicing that this is going on too long and I'd like an explanation for the status of the 5.83s.
A) are they ordered as per your concerns with the discussion with Richmond about a PO.
B) if so WTF is taking so long ? Richmond to busy with other work to run them ??
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in 2 weeks i am calling Calmini. if i get the 'it will be 2 more weeks' speech again i am going over seas. http://www.4xfourart.com/eng_vitara.asp
whick is dumb, i always hear all the US companies and people (me included) bitching about loosing jobs to the overseas market and here i go looking over the pond because the US company is giving me the runaround. dumb.
has anyone ever delt with 4xfourart or know anything about them? i am calling monday and asking how much 360 euros is in green backs and what shipping costs and who makes their gears. would be a laugh if it was Richmond. i am a bit leary about going there. but if my car aint on the road in a month i will have missed 4 of my clubs events including our anual find raiser and my woman will have kicked me out. :o :'( :P "dont worry dear", i said "Calimini said the other gears will be here in a few more weeks" i said. no i look like an ass. >:(
sorry to be so pissed and vent so much. i dont mind getting craped on once or twice but i am up to 4 times now.....
thank you Dr. Zukiworld, i will get off the couch now.... ;D
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360 Euro = US$ 462.10 :o
1 US$ = .78 Euro
Guess you'll be waiting ?
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Well guys, I completely feel your frustration. A couple of years ago this happened when I was ordering 5.83s too and the same thing happened. Here is the problem. Calmini outsources the gears. Screaming at Calmini isnt going to do any good. Bashing them on the board isnt doing any good either. Calmini is obviosly waiting on Richmond to make the gears. I can just imagin whats going on at Richmond... So should we make the 100 sets of 5.83s for Calmini or the 8,000 sets of 5.12 nine inch gears for Summit?..... Obviosly the 5.83 order is not thier big priority. I think we should be happy someone is making 5.83s at all. However, this may be a lesson learned and mabey they will make larger orders in the future so they dont run out. :-/
Mike
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Screaming at Calmini isnt going to do any good. Bashing them on the board isnt doing any good either. Calmini is obviosly waiting on Richmond to make the gears. I can just imagin whats going on at Richmond...
so i called Richmond and talked to Mike Astley (sp).  and he told me THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON A PO FROM CALMINI!!!!
whos lying here, Calmini or Richmond?
i give up!  but thanks all for you input 8)
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stomper i don't think that was a good post.
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after a post like that , if I was Calmini, I would refuse to sell you the gears when I did get them. You need more than gears, you need a life, I would put those gears in your rear end.
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It does suck you cant get your gears, especially with your front already done, but you've gotta take a BBB report with a grain of salt. the BBB only hears form dis-satisfied customers. I have delt with them for over 10 years now, and have never been dissapointed in a product they sale. Some items have taken a while to get. If I did not already sell my Zuk 5.83 rear gears I would send them to you. I'll keep my eye out on other BBS and ebay and see if I can find any.
Zig
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Thanks again Zig ;D ;) ;D
Kevin
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One thing neat about information online.
It does spread fast.
~Nate
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Thanks again Zig ;D ;) ;D
Kevin
So they are running good 8)
Zig
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One thing neat about information online.
It does spread fast.
~Nate
so do forest fires
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stomper i don't think that was a good post.
yah, your right.  i felt a lil weird after i posted it.  really.  so let me apologize to whoever didnt think that was cool, including Calmini.
2 things, i love calminis products and have gone out of my way to defend them several times.  and i order something from them pretty much every year, so that should say something.
2nd, i think that anyone who deals with them long distance and 3 or 4 times finds that customer service sucks.  thats all the BBB report said anyway, 'good product bad service'.  and service is big with me, maybe to big.  as i said before 'just TELL people!'
and yet another reason to feel like a dip!  :-/  after posting last night, this morning i get an offer from someone at zuwharrie to sell me a used set.  k?  now i couldnt feel worse.
Thank you everyone for your support and input and 'honesty'!!  i will let you know how things turn out.
EDIT: i removed that report, it was to much, when was the last time anyone called MickyDs from the road to tell them how good their drive thru service was...... bad Karma man, bad Karma.
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Cool, so you did find you a set??? Let me know when/if you receive them so I can remove my posts on other BBS boards. (was tryin to hunt you some down ;))
Zig
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I'm still looking for a new set if anyone knows of some.