The quality of just about any new part is dubious. I used to be of the mindset to buy a new part and never have to worry about it ever again.

These days you can't count on a new part lasting any reasonable length of time. If I do buy a new part, I keep the old one to rebuild as a spare or rebuild it in my own sweet time and then install it and keep the new part as a spare.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)