Sadly the same thing holds true for off road equipment whether it's used in agriculture or construction. As one response stated it stems, to some degree, from the OEM trying to cut off the aftermarket. Still I think the majority of the problem comes from two other areas. One is that the OEM's offer up so many different options nowdays that it's all but impossible to put all of them on one vehicle without effecting something else. In other words if you get option X the vehicle needs different brakes, if you get option X and Y together then it needs both different brakes and a different suspension to handle option Y. Then if you get X, Y, and Z together then you need a still another brake and suspension design and some other change to handle option Z.....and on and on and on.
The second thing is that the OEM's source parts from where ever they can get them the cheapest, quickest, or simply on time for a specific assembly line schedule. For instance I was looking Friday for a 4.6 liter engine for a '98 F150 pickup. From my understanding there are 4 different choices for the 'same' engine. There is a 4.6 Windsor (VIN code 6) with either a 6 or 8 bolt flywheel and a 4.6 Romeo (VIN code w) with a 6 or 8 bolt flywheel. The VIN code part is no problem to figure out but after calling nearly a dozen different places that specilize in nothing but used and rebuilt engines nobody was able to tell me how to know whether the engine is a 6 or 8 bolt on the flywheel without having the engine out. Funny thing though it really doesn't matter as long as whichever engine you get has a flywheel attached as either will fit.
When you take both of these things and add them together, and then throw in the fact these parts are often asked for by people who have no idea what they need the part for, or what they really want, yet expect to be told what they need, then you wind up with exactly the situation finding parts talked about...A NIGHTMARE.....
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