Wickster

I may have screwed up my right rear hub and was wondering if the SK's were worth the extra money. My car is an '08 Z06 with 7500 miles and I do track the car.

Long story short is I pulled the rotor off and the clip holding parking brake shoe fell out. I thought I would pull the hub off the old fashion way with a slide hammer.....mistake. I did pull hard but I don't think I want to take a chance on it. Any ideas?

ErnieN85

yes they a good idea

waddisme

I have the SKFs on the front but still running the original stock ones on the rear. Just curious if the SKFs on the rear would be as much a requirement as they are for the front? If money is no issue, then it is a no brainer. But is it worth the extra $$s for the rears for just HPDEs? Hopefully someone with some experience will chime in here.

ErnieN85

I have replaced the rears as one went bad (stock)
my car is a 09 and had the Z06 hubs stock.
the fronts are still good but flex enough to get Pad taper so they will be replaced this winter.
again the one that went bad was the left rear
so I would say that the rears are also prone to failure

argonaut

I broke an OEM right rear on track at Summit Point last year. Can't complain - it had about 40K street miles on it + ~60 track days (over half of those on R-comp/slicks). Replaced it with another stock unit - I'm figuring they should be treated as wear items - for HPDE type usage replace them every 30-40 track days.

On the front I have SKF.