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my dad tells me back in the day napa sold taper wheel bearings and races that replaced the ball bearing style wheel bearing in the a.d trucks. with no mods to the spindles or hubs. has antone done this and have part numbers?

I don't know about Napa, but I bought mine for my '52 from Classic Parts of America, (formerly Chevy Duty). Cost was 119.95 plus S & H, parts number on my invoice is 73-061k, Roller Bearing upgrade kit. It was a direct replacement on my truck. Hope this helps.

The kit is about 100 bucks at CPP

Have you noticed a smoother ride when you changed out those bearings?

To be honest, my old truck had sat up and I had only driven it 6 miles (with no brakes) prior to replacing the bearings. In the course of the brake job, I discovered the bad bearings and realized that the cost of converting to the newer style was comparable to the original style. In fact, if I remember correctly it was a couple of dollars cheaper than the original bearings.I figured that I might as well fix two problems at once, so I did. I'm afraid I'm no help in the ride department.:)

The tapered bearing won't change the ride quality. it has more to do with them being able to tolerate the forces that modern radial tires exert on the bearings over the original style rollers. I ahve had both in mine, and really didn't notice that much difference in how it drove, other than maybe a bit less wander.

I have the taper roller bearings on my 52 GMC Suburban. I made the switch when the old ball type bearings went bad. Cost was about a 100 bucks plus shipping. It took most of a Saturday to do the whole change over. It made no difference in the ride, but as stated, it did help tighten up the front end in terms of steering it seems.

thank you all. i am going to go to the bearing suplly the shop i work for uses and give the numbers that, five-oh posted and there is another thread some one else posted and a couple guys posted part numbers and i am going to try to cross the numbers and save a few $. but i have to pay my payroll deduction down first.(to many truck parts)

Weellll....It will change the ride quality if your old bearings were bad. But you mean compared to a new set of either style bearings.

Ball bearings have a single point of contact, where as tapered bearings spread the load over a broader face. The tapered bearings should have a longer life.

So what is "TPP" and what is their website link? I am unfamiliar of what that stands for.
Thanks.

That is actually "CPP". Classic Performance Products. http://www.classicperform.com/

lmc has them to