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Author Message   joshua Frances (Joshua) Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:38 pm:    The ••••••• wanted 38 bucks a set and AB isnt much cheaper anyideas? Josh   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:53 pm:    i got mine at advanced auto parts chain... they arent that cheap, $100ish for the whole car rd   Mike B. Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 11:49 pm:    The stock bearings are Timken (high quality). NAPA has three different bearing sets from China, Japan, and Germany. The German ones are the best. I think I bought the bearings in a 'kit' containing the bearings and the races. Thanks, Mike B.   Pugsly (Pugsly) Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 11:59 pm:    What about roversdownsouth or discountrovers, they seem to have good stateside pricing?   Neil Flanagan (Electriceel) Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:00 am:    NAPA. Timken #37. Bearing and race are 15 bucks per set.   perroneford Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:20 am:    Bearings are commodity parts. Timken #37. You can get them at Autozone or NAPA or whereever. I paid $9.99 a set about a year ago. The SKF bearings from Germany are of similar quality to Timken. They are OEM for BMW, Merc, and are also official bearing suppliers to many racing circuits including NASCAR. Don't feel like you are getting cheated if you get SKFs. -P   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 03:54 pm:    Make sure you pay jobber pricing for the bearings, otherwise, NAPA will hit you for retail pricing and it is much higher than the price Perrone quoted. Paul   Geoff 93 RRC (Geoff) Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 04:05 pm:    I got the SKF's at Napa for $15(race and cup). They told me that they make the Timkens. The SKFs certainly looked identical to the Timkens right down to the font used on the part no. stampings.   perroneford Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 05:49 pm:    SKF doesn't make Timkens. SKF are made in Germany and Timkens are French. They are both very good quality bearings. I have some of each. -P   GregH Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:21 pm:    Open box check your SKF's before purchasing. Even though SKF is originally a German co. I've seen bearings made in China and Mexico with SKF boxes. If they are German made they are quality. GregH   perroneford Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 10:02 pm:    Hey, Thanks for the tip. What store(s) have you seen this in? The only SKF's that I've gotten have been from Atlantic British, but they were German stamped. -P   GregH Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 12:46 am:    If your "hey" is for me- During Xmas my brother-in-law and I were welding and assembling a flatbed trailer and needed 4 new wheel bearings FOR THE TRAILER. We bought some SKF's at a local auto parts store in N. Calif. I think it was Auto Zone or Butte Auto Parts in Oroville, CA and I was shocked to see "Made in China" on 2 bearings and "made in Mexico" on the other two even though in a SKF box! I should clarify that I have only seen German-made SKF's when purchasing for Rovers but I haven't bought some for a few years either. GregH   Andy Nix (Andy) Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 01:12 am:    A friend of mine works for a bearing company, and I can get them for you for cheap. email me- andy@andynix.com   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 10:26 am:    01/20/03, Timken set 37 (bearing & race), $16.59 each +tax @ the local NAPA in Tempe, AZ. German bearings made in China & Mexico? Talk about an identity crisis...   Rich Lee Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 10:14 pm:    Hi All, After reading this discussion, I begin to wonder. Does SKF have factories in China and Mexico, or could these be "counterfeit". I've heard reports of Chinese and "third world" companies selling other counterfiet hardware, including aircraft fasteners. I know of several cases of counterfiet baby formula and saw the consequences when a large phamacy chain in the midwest was sold a huge lot of counterfiet birth control pills in the mid 80's. So, are these genuine SKF, or are these parts houses being sold something else in box that is a copy of the SKF carton? Just curious, I'll let the cospiracy theorists run with this one. I guess bearings are like eggs, you gotta open the carton and inspect them before you buy.   GregH Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 01:15 am:    I don't think these were counterfeit. The boxes were labeled "SKF" in blue and white box with red and looked OK. I did notice on the outside of the box that the boxes stated "Printed in USA" on the outside and was surprised as I have bought many SKF bearings for German vehicles and my Rover in the past and they only were german-made. However a friend of mine at Dana corp. thinks that SKF USA(probably a subdivision of SKF) may be purchasing overseas and reboxing them as an SKF product for certain applications that SKF either does not manufacture for or cannot compete with price-wise in the US. He also told me that SKF is originally a Swedish co. not German. My 2 cents- GregH   GregH Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 01:24 am:    BTW, he also said that SKF may sell several different lines of the exact same bearing for different price to compete in different markets but they won't be the same quality or manufacture. That's his explanation of why the trailer bearings were from different countries than I am used to seeing for SKF. GregH   perroneford Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 07:28 am:    Holy smokes, They are Swedish, and not German. Thanks for all the good info. -P   gp (Garrett) Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 07:55 am:    the swedish meatballs at IKEA are great!!   Joe M. (Little_Joe) Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 08:32 am:    You should find the Timken bearings made at any of their world-wide plants to be the same quality as the US-made bearings. They have bearing plants in US, Canada, Brazil, S. Africa, France and the UK at least (not sure about Asia) - they do not sub out the production as others do; plus a deal where they supply Koyo with the steel to make bearings and they also make some bearings for them. joe   Andy Nix (Andy) Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 02:06 pm:    I get them from my friend for $50 for the whole set.....no brainer. He works for a local bearing company here in Portland...I *think* the bearings are timken.