SOURCING WORKSHEET / FIRST ORDER
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Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements. Final savings depend on supplier confirmation, product type and order value.
| Decision point | Buyer / supplier question |
|---|---|
| Parts wholesale | Clarify catalog references, packing units, assortment of yokes or U-joints and reorder expectations. Keep a semi truck drive shaft assembly and a tube-only line on separate commercial rows so landed cost stays comparable. |
| Workshop distribution | Clarify installation position, included hardware, center support bearing location and vehicle application range. Flange appearance alone is not vehicle fitment. Ask which load rating and joint series the quoted shaft was selected against. |
| Fleet purchasing | Separate tractor or trailer configurations and planned quantities by axle line. Sample approval on one wheelbase does not qualify a later production batch on a different suspension height. Record destination ZIP, requested timing and whether a two-piece layout with center support is required. |
| Special project inquiry | Document altered interfaces, non-catalog lengths or material changes and request supplier confirmation before accepting alternatives. Custom length measurement belongs on the RFQ checklist page; this page stays on application grouping. |
Semi truck programs often mix a heavy duty driveshaft envelope with a light-vehicle aluminum tube. Those are different supply conditions: ask for declared torque or load limits, balance evidence and whether a center support bearing is included. A complete assembly that includes U-joints cannot be compared with a yoke-only line using the same unit price. Sample acceptance is a versioned event; batch consistency still needs agreed checks.
| Decision | Option A | Option B |
|---|---|---|
| New or remanufactured | Request the new-part scope, packaging statement and whether balance evidence applies to that unused assembly. | Request remanufacturing scope, core-return terms and which joints or tubes were replaced before comparing unit cost. |
| Complete kit or individual piece | List every yoke, U-joint, CV boot and center support bearing in the BOM so a kit price is not mixed with a tube-only line. | State which interfaces the buyer must source separately and keep those lines off the driveshaft unit price. |
| Sample acceptance and later lots | Record sample identifier, drawing revision and the length datum used during measurement. | Agree batch inspection points; sample approval on one wheelbase does not auto-qualify a later production lot. |
Limits: this page does not certify road use, critical speed or any state’s equipment rule. Agricultural PTO shafts, garage-door shafts and motorcycle shafts stay outside this procurement scope. Custom length checklist
Vehicle class, load or torque demand, center-support need, quantity and destination.