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Originally Posted by barry12345
Maybe someone put a Chinese replacement bearing on that front axle at one time. I had to prove to myself just how bad some of them are unfortunately.
Fooled me a few years ago. I have seen them fail in very little time and miles with the worse ones.
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same here, seen a number of bearing failures lately (wheel, pulley, etc) and 100% of the recent failures were no-name no-markings, most likely chinese.
i just replaced a brand new no-name no-markings belt pulley where the bearings failed, overheated, and seized solid. the no-name pulley had less than 20k miles on it. i replaced it with my old used genuine mercedes pulley (made by ina) that had more than 80k miles on it, but was still silky smooth and tight.
when it comes to ball or roller bearings, use skf, fag, or ina. nothing else. a single flat-bed ride makes the chinese ones a lot more expensive.
10-28-2014, 03:00 PM
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