^Hard to say. They may have made up whatever price you paid....

Generally new is more than remanned. Often times remanned is the only part that is available.

In general a remanufactured part from an OEM is fine- it isnt 'a used part' and it isnt 'a rebuilt unit'. Essentially a remanned is all the parts come in, they are stripped to components, any part that might wear, or is visibly damaged is discarded. The unit is then built using a mixture of new and old components using factory tolerances, tooling and testing.

Indeed, especially with a high failure rate part, a remanned unit may have more improvements than the original OE new part had....


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I will add that in my mind there is a BIG difference between rebuilt and remanned... with remanned, they can toss anything that isnt to spec, a housing that is worn, or whatever. With rebult all they can do is take the rebuild parts kit and install it, they dont have the luxury of getting a new housing, etc. The a reman is done (typically) bu factory techs, using factiory tooling and specs.

The most significant is a tranny- a rebuild can be far inferior to a factory remanned.

IMO