Anyone found a source for more cost effective wheel bearings? $54 a side from acura carland for the front of a GSR is the cheapest I have found so far. I tried calling a few bearing wholesellers but the ones I called did not carry automotive bearings. Seems like there has to be a cheaper source.

 

$54 is pretty cheap.

 

wheel bearings is one place I would not cheap out at!!!!!!!!!

 

What brand are they for $54? NTN's?

 

Chris - https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1406568

 

Chris-you can try Bearings, Inc/Applied Tech (I think) They are the source here for Timken, who does have Honda/Acura bearing assemblies in their automotoive product line. Timken has a toll free #.

 

$54 is a pretty good price. There is a place in conyers (or covington) called Motion Industries. I used to get a bunch of odd-ball bearings from them. Im sure they would have them.

 

Honda uses NTN. I tried going through a local Bearings Inc........

They have to order from Califormia warehouse, price was $68 each.

Something to think about, maybe asking folks at Gear-Speed if they could carry them. The saving would be very minor though.

 

Has anyone considered using aftermarket bearings?

There was some slight talk on the spec miata forum about guys using better machined ball bearings in their hubs (ie: only ditch the actual ball bearings, but use the rest of the OEM bearing assembly), so there would be less wear and resistence.

Not sure if its worth the trouble, but if your gonna replace them once might as well use the best quality bearings available?

Just a thought...

 

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F1 ceramic composite bearings?

 

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I was thinking some made out of platinum


Seriously, I haven't opened a honda wheel bearing out and inspected the quality of the ball bearings. But what was said on the spec miata forum is that the oem ***** flattened out instead of being perfectly round at the edges. Replacing them with better bearings allow smooth tracking and less friction.

 

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Gotta get that last 0.3mph down the front straight.....

 

Autozone carries Timken front wheel bearings to fit an Acura Integra for $46 each.

Part number is 510030

Shows that it's only available online, not in the store.

 

I could have them in hand tomorrow, # 44300-S5A-008, NTN brand, $48ea brand-new. Ask RJ if I'm a decent parts source

Hope it helps,

Jon

 

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Granted the results would probably not be extremely quantify-able in terms of speed, however there are other gains to be seen. Obviously less friction means less heat, and less wear. I don't know about you, but I am all for only replacing my wheel bearings once and not having them fail at an inopportune moment.

Further you do 4-5 things that increase your top speed on the straights by a few tenths of a mph and it adds up.

Granted this will be a larger advantage in a spec class where the cars are supposed to be closer to equal.

However, who do you think consistently ends up in the top 5 finishers? Those who dismiss ways to setup their car better, or those who take advantage of every plausible idea.

I am not so naive to believe that the best driver always wins.