I need to replace my front wheel bearings...aside from OEM...do you guys use any special brand?

I remember Z10 (I think) had a booth back in the day at Englishtown, and they had a display up for "race" bearings...and compared them to stock bearings. They did roll smoother than stock. I forgot what these were.

 

i am putting federal mogul bearings in mine. got them from a local parts house,

 

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cant go wrong with that, their plant is an hour from me haha.

 

basically they are all of the same quality and resistance. so with that, buy the cheapest ones you can.

 

i dont know how much of a difference bearings make in a car, but it's a very common upgrade on bikes

 

i'm running "TIMKEN." so far so good.

 

Timken are oem I think. I just use oem bearings or if i need them quickly I go to Napa or Autozone.

 

Timken are the best, and Federal Mogul are very good. All bearings are not equal. I had put a set of "what I could find" at the autoparts store into a dana rear end a few years back, when I was stuck. Within 5 months I was replacing the bearings with Timken. When I did the failure analysis, I found that the rollers of those Chinese bearings were only 1/2 point off in rockwell hardness. That difference spalled the bearing races in short order. Quality counts a lot in bearings!

edit: 'cause I can't spell worth beans!


Modified by BigMoose at 8:42 PM 4/7/2007

 

koyo

 

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I ran Timken in the crx racecar and have them in our new coupe as well...

 

Mike, where can I find that Timken bearing at? thanks.

 

autozone has the timken bearings which if you look close at the bearing is a koyo of japan.