Timken hubs
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Le Mans Master
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From: Alive and well in Burlington NC
Timken hubs
Anyone have any experience with these hubs? I can get them (both front and rear) at my local auto parts store for pretty cheap. They come with a one year warranty.
Racer
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From: Birmingham AL
Re: Timken hubs (Steel Blue 91)
See attached thread ....
hrocks seems to have good info on timken. I have used timken on other applications and they are a premier bearing.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=167789
hrocks seems to have good info on timken. I have used timken on other applications and they are a premier bearing.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=167789
Safety Car
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From: Austin Texas
Re: Timken hubs (Steel Blue 91)
All I can say is that I went through a rear set of Timkens in less than 2 years.
My ACDelco bearings worked fine for 9 years. When I replaced them about a month ago I went with Delco's.
I don't know why they went bad, they just did.
My ACDelco bearings worked fine for 9 years. When I replaced them about a month ago I went with Delco's.
I don't know why they went bad, they just did.
Safety Car
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From: Ohio
Re: Timken hubs (jimswhite92)
I should mention that Timken does not manufacture ball bearings, only roller and tapered roller bearings. So if they are being sold as "Timken" bearings, they must be outsourced to another bearing Mfr. and packaged as Timken.
(C4's are obviously ball bearing hubs. If they were rollers, they would last MUCH longer. If they were re-packable rollers, they would last dang near forever!)
(C4's are obviously ball bearing hubs. If they were rollers, they would last MUCH longer. If they were re-packable rollers, they would last dang near forever!)
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Le Mans Master
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Re: Timken hubs (h rocks)
If they were re-packable rollers, they would last dang near forever!
Race Director
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Re: Timken hubs (h rocks)
I should mention that Timken does not manufacture ball bearings, only roller and tapered roller bearings.
My brother works for Timkin, and last time he checked they made ball bearings ALL THE TIME. :D
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Re: Timken hubs (Mervz)
WTF are you smoking? :lol:
My brother works for Timkin, and last time he checked they made ball bearings ALL THE TIME. :D
My brother works for Timkin, and last time he checked they made ball bearings ALL THE TIME. :D
Last time I had to replace the "bicycle" bearing rear hubs on my car, I took an assembly apart to see if it couldn't be machined to take a tapered roller bearing. I couldn't find anything in the bearing spec book that could be stuffed into a modified housing. Hopfully, someone else has been more successful than I was?
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