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| | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 | I need to replace the outer bearings on my front drivers side. It would be cheaper to go that way, but I've been thinking about replaceing the old ball bearings with a new roller bearing kit. Is it worth the money? Is there a noticeable difference? This is an almost daily driven truck. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | no difference for my money on a totally daily driven truck - not really useful unless you're going to disc brakes, just keep the balls greased and properly tightened
Bill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 | I have found the quality of the chinese roller bearings to be suspect. Make sure all your tollerences are within spec. I have had varying degrees of success or failure with the roller bearings. The bearings on the passenger side lasted 30,000 miles while I went through 3 sets of bearings on the driver side in the same time frame.
I have ongoing issues with the conversion. I bought several other axles off craigslist to mix and match hubs, spindles, etc. I currently have a front axle at the machine shop to have new king pins installed. If the spindles don't check out right, I will likely have to send them off to be welded and ground down to factory specs.
My truck is a 59 gmc 1/2 longbed with v8 and 31X10.5 tires on 15X8 steel rims. 6 lug disc brakes on Factory axle with Factory power steering option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 | bigbadswingdaddy would there be part numbers on your roller bearings and seals that you could post on here?
Maybe then we could cross the numbers over to USA made bearings.
TIA.
Brian
Brian
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The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | SHAKER, this has been so discussed to death here there really should be a tech tip about it, a search will find a lot of threads on it .... there is no "USA made" bearings of the proper dimensions, even from USA based companies, the best quality is Japanese [MBS]
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