Second Hand Shipping Containers to Astra Roof Latches

We are interested in hearing from Astra convertible owners or previous owners

That purchased latches from the Brisbane Company that has shut opened, shut opened and shut they where trading from Gumtree, the Trading post and Ebay.

Or we are not sure if they made sales from ebay.

One customer said that they were selling second hand shipping containers at one stage

He could not understand how they went from selling shipping containers to selling astra parts



One customer suggested that they found a load of Chinese Aluminium blocks in a shipping container

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Their process of replacing the split bearings with deep groove bearings

Is coming home to roost

We are now seeing all types of trouble with these latches - excessive wear and tear on unusual parts of the roof

Many of the customers cannot get in contact with the company as they have moved and changed phone numbers

If you have had that experience please e-mail

info@alnoproductservices.com.au

Anthony

Butchered Astra Roof Latches

Today we inspected an Astra Convertible a set of latches that had been completely butchered

 by a so called engineering company in Queensland

The latches had been fitted with bearings that had been replaced by deep groove bearings

 and the silly part about replacing the bearings are split bearings and don't need to be replaced.

The team at ALNO Product Services have fully tested an Astra Convertible Roof that is now 12 years of age and developed a mechanical jig to continuously open and close the roof to test for the weakest point.

This development is to find the weakest point and enhance the life of the roof system the worked for 853.2 hours straight 24 hours a day 7 days a week until failure

The our team then improved roof mechanical structure and started testing again this time extend the life cycle of the roof.

  

This is the type of development our Engineers, Designers and Machinist stand by many in our team had heard the rumours of new bearings being fitted yet we could not believe the moment we saw them, the team spontaneously broke out into laughter.

Deep grooved bearings as the name suggests is that they run at a different speed or RPM (revolutions per minute) in comparison to split bearings, furthermore there is a great amount of force required to turn a deep groove bearing.

All Astra convertible Latches bearings are split bearings just look at yours now

What this does highlight is a number of facts

1. Not only is cheap Chinese aluminium blocks that can be manufactured and fitted in 2 hours yet the team at ALNO Product Services take 8 hours to square up a block and fully recondition a set of latches
2. Split Bearing don't need to be replaced.
3. By just replacing or only replacing the plastic blocks with aluminium will not increase the life cycle of a set of Astra Roof latches.  
4. The Person or Company in Queensland has no idea on what they are doing 

Speaking with the current owner of the car he has got details from the previous owner on who got the work done yet no receipts were issues as they did not want to pay GST

From what we have been told that the current owner has plans to seek damages or a replacement set of latches and as number of other components in the convertible roofs.

What is clear when you buy a set of latches you're not just buy latches you are buying the knowledge that your latches will last

Astra Roof Latches Brisbane

More and More customers are trusting Alno Product Services with there Astra Contvertibles both soft and hard tops

Alno Product Serives have a team of mechantronics engineers that offer the complete service from

• Latches
• Roof Hose
• Roof Controllers
• Roof Oil

For the most cost effective method of getting your Astra roof moving again and moving into the future contact Alno Product Services today

www.alnoproductservices.com.au

Cost Effective Engineering Solutions - Astra Roof Repairs

Word of warning

In some cases we have been able to repair the chinese lacthes being sold out of Brisbane
 and in other cases we needed to replace the front plastic cover ($AU 1675 genuine)
 our team has developed a solution the latches moving again - an expensive exercise to date we have 5 customers struck with this issue.  

For more information check the following blogs
Holden Astra Convertibles
Astra Convertibles
Alno Convertible Roof Parts
Astra Roof Oil
Roof Stop Working - Astra Convertible
Astra Soft Top Repairs
Astra Roof Hose

and if that is not enough
www.alnoproductservices.com.au