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Old 10-12-2007, 10:55 AM
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I haven't used Ruville's.. I know ford had Huge issues w/ their bearings made in Mexico and TMK the Japanese are tough to beat for consistent tight tolerances.

Timken has been around for Ages and when I'm (or one of my customers are) pushing a car for 110% I like to know I've put something in that's been put through the paces +.

Not to say a RV bearing won't last, as I'm sure they have been..I'm going to wager their bearing used to be made in Germany and they moved production off to Mexico....Just like SKF...

As an aside, the last set of Mercedes wheel bearings I purchased were made in the UK and the USA which I thought was intriguing...

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