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Cheapest source for Hub bearings?
- Thread starter MilspecXJ
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frsno jeeper
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i ordered from http://www.tapcointernational.com/parts.htm
i think i got my front bearings for 80$,but i just tried to get a price and im ot able to find them on their new site?
maybe im not lookin hard enough?
i think i got my front bearings for 80$,but i just tried to get a price and im ot able to find them on their new site?
maybe im not lookin hard enough?
- Location
- Dunedin, FL
Hey you cheap SOB. where have you been hiding? :anon:
Last time I bought 'em I paid $110 at Autozone.
Last time I bought 'em I paid $110 at Autozone.
railroadjeep
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- Location
- Bothell, WA
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a diffrence from the Timken hub bearings?
Chris
Chris
MJR
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Costa Mesa, CA
I believe Crown Automotive might use Timken bearings in their hubs.
Centrevillemx
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- Location
- MD's Eastern Shore
You get what you pay for
martin
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- Location
- Huntsville, AL
When I removed the hubs off my 88 XJ they had SKF bearings, the replacements I got from Hagars also had SKF bearings.
So in 1988 SKF was the OEM source for front hub bearings. I change the hubs at 135,000 miles just as a preventive measure. I spun the old hubs and still still were smooth, no roughness.
With the consolidation of bearing companies there only a few companies that even make bearings any more.
From my experience dealing with Aviation bearings there is not much a company can do to make a bearing cheaper and still have it work. Also bearing companies hold tollerences so tight you can mate a race from one plant with a bearing from another plant and have trouble free operation.
As long as it is a name brand bearing company I'd use them on my 88 XJ. I have SKF now, but if the hubs came with Timken, Fafnir, New harmpshire Ball Bearing, Split Ball Bearing or Torrington tapered roller bearings I'd use with without worry.
There just too much liability for make a inferior breaing in today's world. Remember the guy who assembles the hub will also be held liable. I think I'd be more worried about the lube in the preassembled hubs than the brand of bearings they used.
So in 1988 SKF was the OEM source for front hub bearings. I change the hubs at 135,000 miles just as a preventive measure. I spun the old hubs and still still were smooth, no roughness.
With the consolidation of bearing companies there only a few companies that even make bearings any more.
From my experience dealing with Aviation bearings there is not much a company can do to make a bearing cheaper and still have it work. Also bearing companies hold tollerences so tight you can mate a race from one plant with a bearing from another plant and have trouble free operation.
As long as it is a name brand bearing company I'd use them on my 88 XJ. I have SKF now, but if the hubs came with Timken, Fafnir, New harmpshire Ball Bearing, Split Ball Bearing or Torrington tapered roller bearings I'd use with without worry.
There just too much liability for make a inferior breaing in today's world. Remember the guy who assembles the hub will also be held liable. I think I'd be more worried about the lube in the preassembled hubs than the brand of bearings they used.
