Cheap Import Bearings
New bearings 8 months ago. Used Valvoline wheel bearing grease. We can blame this on a lot of things; dirt, poor lube, bad adjustment or whatever. I can assure you that it was assembled with utmost...
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ggardne2 wrote:
Regardless of manufacturing source, the rollers in the picture show signs of debris ingestion, almost every roller has some level of damage from particulate going through them. Since you installed new drums I would be suspicious that they were not washed properly or were stored in a dirty environment before being shipped to you. It is unlikely that any bearing, no matter where made, would have survived if there was significant particulate matter/debris at install.
You don't know Lynnmor. I've been to his shop. I would rather have surgery in his machine shop than in a hospital.
I've seen him make parts that have closer tolerances than you can imagine.
I guarantee no one could get those bearings any cleaner than he did when installed.
