The wheel bearing on the driver side front wheel has worn out. I have the civic EX knuckles. Should I stick with honda parts or is there a good aftermarket part? I'll be replacing both bearings and hubs.

 

with stuff like wheel bearings u basically just wanna go with the stock oem parts, there really isnt much for after market, unless ur upgraded almost all of ur wheel stuff.

 

oem bearings are NTN. you can get the same bearing from any bearing supplier, in any other brand manufacturer too. not sure if shopping around would really save you money tho.

hubs, you can really only get from OEM.

 

if the hub is chewed up, check the junk yards or pay twice that from a cheap honda dealer. i got lifetime warranty bearings from partsamerica.com (advance auto parts) and they are SKF (NTN on the bearing i believe), a good brand. like 50-60 bucks shipped to my door



Modified by zrickety at 8:22 AM 3/17/2008

 

OEM HONDA PARTS

 

majestic honda

 

new issue, I did the OEM 10.2 big brake upgrade a few years back and I forgot which steering knuckles I used. The car is a HF so I got EX knuckles and a set of SI axles - to prep for motor swap. I just don't remember which year the knuckles are from. Apparently they have to be 90-91 otherwise they would not fit. The bearings are the same for 88-91 crx si and civic ex 90-91.


Modified by ketchup at 5:54 AM 3/18/2008

 

Picked up a set of bearings made by NACHI. Looks good, we'll see how they hold up. Hubs look fine, no need to replace hopefully.


Modified by ketchup at 5:56 AM 3/18/2008