wheel bearings--fyi

[killerklr650@aol.com]

Being a bearing salesman(horrible I know, but someone has to do it), I unfortunately have to state that the Chinese quality has risen to a point where buying SKF, NSK, or any other high quality bearing is moot for a wheel bearing application. At high frequency vibe it might fail quicker, but I've had the unfortunate task of trying to sell higher quality(read higher price) bearings in a critical motor application and the rotten Chinese bearings lasted just as long as the SKF and mine. The sad part is the Chinese bearings only cost $.58! I wouldn't worry about the quality issue, but I still wouldn't buy them on principal, but that's for another time The key to buying bearings is to make sure they are new, and not some old slag stock that they bought from a schlock house that went out of business or from some 3rd tier supplier. If they have been repackaged in a no name box I wouldn't buy them, it just tells me they've been handle too many times. Also, do me a favor and don't buy Eastern European bearings, they make Chinese bearings look like God's gift to man. Any Power Transmission house in any city will have bearings for you, just look in the yellow pages under bearings. Darrick [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]