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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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Question Choosing New Hub Bearings:

-Ok so its time for new unit bearings on my 30 (again), & while i would go with timkens: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1119320 the same website lists another hub that seems better then the timken: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1842052 but ive not heard of them. So based on the links above & the info they give from the RockAuto.com website, which should i go for?? Oh & the Timkens are $80 bucks & the SKF's are $100 so the prices are both good!!

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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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your lifted with big tires anything cheap is good cause they don't last as long with big tires
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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No unit bearing is gonna last long, but u cant put napa bearings on there & get what u would out of timkens!! Im just lookin to see if timkens are the best bang for the buck.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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here in denmark, i would go for the skf . its good quality.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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Decided to order the Timkens. My only delema now is whether or not to have Bobby from Longfield cryo them!!??
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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last ones i bought are skf.
don't really see much of a difference between timken and skf.
both should have lifetime warranty.

here, the skf are about 200 each and the timken is about 165.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by caged
last ones i bought are skf.
don't really see much of a difference between timken and skf.
both should have lifetime warranty.

here, the skf are about 200 each and the timken is about 165.
for 200 dollars eac id throw in some more and end the bearing problems for everhttp://store.4wheelingplus.com/prodd...-50010&cat=199
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 10:39 AM
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The Timken unit sure looks better in the pics!

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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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I got the Timkens for $80 bucks a piece & they have a 12 month warrantee on them.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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my friend swears by mile marker, he went through four warns on his 86 chev in about two months and has had the same mile marker for six months now
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