Originally Posted By: EricF
I've noticed the problem with duralast, autozone's house brand, it's hard to tell where they're getting their parts from.
the duralast belts are supposed to be Dayco, but when I had one in my had it felt like a vacuum cleaner belt, didn't like to flex, very greasy and was made in china.
I've always used aftermarket tranny filters, never have had an issue, and I don't run magnafine's inline yet.
Although I wouldn't buy a generic branded (white box type) filter, a regular name, ATP, Wix, Purolator, etc.. I'd have no problems with.
For me the big issue was the gasket.. I don't like the cork, and some companies ONLY use cork, others, rubber, others fiber, etc..
I try and stick with ATP only because I like the pan gaskets, never have I had a leak.
Long ago fram used to roll the gasket up into a roll and that just turned me off.
I'm glad this thread was resurrected.
I put ATP brand filters & gasket on my 2012 Ram 65RFE last month.
OEM gasket was none - it's RTV. Glad to use something different personally. It'll make the next change easier too.
No issues with fit-up, and so far everything's working well.
The sticker on the ATP filter kit box said Made in USA.
Best part is the ATP B-245 kit was under $13 when I bought it off Amazon - the pan gasket, the sump filter, and the spin-on filter all included.