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Re: Vehicle Design Life
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 10/9/2002

I think the location of the OEM has to do with the maintenance items.

We get a lot of Japanese trucks in here, and they treat everything as a non-maintenance item. Brakes are designed to last 300k or more on Hino's and UD's, clutches the same. Others, like I... Login to read more.