Bendix for the last decade has only been on OE supplier for drum brake parts, out of the running for disc brakes for many, many years.

All manufacturers source the brake parts from a variety of rotor, drum, foundation (caliper and drum) and friction sources. I’ll give the example of the ’99-2004 F-350’s: Rotors by Kelsey Hayes (USA), calipers by Akebono (Japan), and brake pads Federal-Mogul (USA). Then lets go to a Ford store and buy some “aftermarket” Motorcraft parts: Rotors by Federal-Mogul (Wagner – Chine), pads by Federal-Mogul (USA – but different then OE), and rebuilt calipers by Federal-Mogul (Wagner USA).

If you are looking for rotors cast and machined in the USA, then you only chance is going OE, and that today is changing. Some OE parts are coming from Japan or China, China if driven by cost. With people using their wallets to buy replacement parts, the rise of stores like Autozone, O’Rileys, and Advance have pushed the aftermarket to a further price competition that requires going to Asia for reduced costs to maintain profit margins.

But as mentioned companies like Ford will require the supplier to meet their own internal specific for fit and finish, therefore the Motorcraft branded Federal-Mogul rotor will be to a tighter spec the then Wagner branded Federal-Mogul rotor. And you will pay for that.