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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JorgeS" data-source="post: 27305" data-attributes="member: 12094">You are correct for some parts.I worked for Delco Remy (then became Delphi, then poof!) in the alternator group, spending 3 years (1998-2001) as the aftermarket lead product engineer (think reman). We remanufactured as many as 3 million units a year; the largest being the CS130, which when it started production had the lifetime of a gnat.GM allowed use of reman units for warranty at that time (maybe they still do).You buy a brand new GM car. If there is an issue and the alternator was replaced, you might get a brand new new unit, or a unit that was remanufactured with reconditioned & new parts. Did not seem right to me, but that's the way it was.On the plus side, we replaced the parts that failed with high rates with the latest and best that were being used on OE units. If you had a, say, 1992 Grand Prix (that initially had high alternator failure rates) and replaced it with our reman, the reman was likely to last several times longer than the OE unit - really. Better electronics, better bearings, better brushes, etc.For pickups, the same alternators were used for many years; I think from later GMT400 to early GMT800. We would reduce the quantity of PNs and use the same reman PN for as many vehicles as possible.For parts that are not remanufactured, I think your comment is spot on.The reman operation was shut down (I think) in 2002 or 2003.</blockquote>