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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 1, 2001, relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of
SPS Technologies, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in SPS Technologies,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 1, 2001
relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
June 19, 2001