Jeff-
He did not say ALL bearings were contaminated- he made a comparitave statement. The amount of bearings produced by NSK China and other foreign companies is a tiny percentage of the total. China's bearing production is massive, and in fact, they were nailed for dumping bearings on the US market at below cost. As with most other mass produced Chinese goods, they do have a " fairly high" problem with quality control. If you and Philbur had read the post a bit more carefully, you would see that he was trying to make a constructive suggestion to the Tormach owner on avoiding a repeat of the problem.