What are the good quality bearings for a TT?
Timken or SKF are as good as they get? A frame shop told me few years the name of a good one made in Japan but can't remember the name. This is the first time for me to be ordering bearings and se...
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Having just been through an ordeal with AlKo axles, bearings and drums, I can tell you that the maintenance is more important that the source. My 4400# axle bearings have been greased annually by me since I purchased my cougar. I greased them before the first time I took it out on the road (once I got it home) and they were under packed from the factory!
But, after 20,000 miles, I have no galling or burn marks on the axle (point of clarification - I have ez lubes which I refuse to use/trust).
My BIL has a different axle on his Echo lite and we just repacked/regreased his bearings and he has some marks because he's never done anything to the bearings.
If the bearings were **** on my rig, the maintenance I apply annually has made up for the inferior quality.
As it turns out, I had a problem with my brake controller and it destroyed my drums by applying voltage to the magnets and wearing down the inside of the drums.
Etrailer couldn't get the drums for me (correctly I might add) and Best Trailer tried, but for some reason, the AlKo part numbers and drums don't match up properly.
As it turns out I ordered two new axles (6000#) not AlKo's to replace my 4400#'s because I can't get parts for the 4400's correctly!
AlKo was bought out by Dexter last year FWIW... I think that's part of the problem.
Again, Maintenance is more important that the source of the bearings.
But, after 20,000 miles, I have no galling or burn marks on the axle (point of clarification - I have ez lubes which I refuse to use/trust).
My BIL has a different axle on his Echo lite and we just repacked/regreased his bearings and he has some marks because he's never done anything to the bearings.
If the bearings were **** on my rig, the maintenance I apply annually has made up for the inferior quality.
As it turns out, I had a problem with my brake controller and it destroyed my drums by applying voltage to the magnets and wearing down the inside of the drums.
Etrailer couldn't get the drums for me (correctly I might add) and Best Trailer tried, but for some reason, the AlKo part numbers and drums don't match up properly.
As it turns out I ordered two new axles (6000#) not AlKo's to replace my 4400#'s because I can't get parts for the 4400's correctly!
AlKo was bought out by Dexter last year FWIW... I think that's part of the problem.
Again, Maintenance is more important that the source of the bearings.
