What are the good quality bearings for a TT?

buc1980 wrote:
I agree China bearing are junk don't buy them .In fact 99% of Chinese products are pure junk.I hope the government will stop import them.That what we need MADE IN USA.

This post seems to be pure junk......

For the Canadiens in the crowd, this CanTire semi-synthetic seems to meet all Dexter's specs and is easier to find and a bit cheaper than Mobil 1 red in my area:

Semi-synth

NLGI Service Classification category GC-LB
NLGI No. 2 grease
Dropping point is 500 degree F or 260 degree C
Application temperatures between -25°C and 163°C
Multi-purpose lithium complex grease

Ozlander wrote:
Mystic JT-6 Hi Temp Grease #2 is what they sell at Walmart.
Been using it for years.

Haven't seen it lately at WM, only their brand and one other??? Sure do like the Mystic too.

I agree China bearing are junk don't buy them .In fact 99% of Chinese products are pure junk.I hope the government will stop import them.That what we need MADE IN USA.

But they didn't travel 65+ mph :@

Covered wagon wheels were lubed successfully with tallow.

jodeb720 wrote:
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!

In checking into part numbers, it seems that the 4400 lb axles are a bit of an oddball and harder to figure out the correct numbers. While the axles are labelled as 4400 lbs, they have 12" drums which should indicate 5,000 lb axles. But do they have larger dia. spindles?

Went to a local bearing supplier that has bearings for just about anything mechanical. The guy said the have Timken and they're US made and that he probably has them on their shelf. However, to get the right ones, they can't use the Alko designation and need a bearing number. Looks like the only way to be 100% right on these axles is to get the number right off the existing bearings. Good thing it's warm and sunny out.

I use the cheap blue grease in cartridges that meet all the temp specs from Walmart.

I have towed my TT all over the country with zero issues.

Take a tapered roller bearing to four hundred plus degrees and you ain't going nowhere. Where do these HG Wells grade theories come from? The thermal expansion rates between 53300 bearing race steel and cast iron are stupidly different. Even at 400F.

Of course it may be perhaps I ruined a cupcake tin and partially filled each reservoir with "actual grease samples" then stuck them in an oven. What the labels on the grease cartridges claimed and what reality revealed was a shock. PS Mystik JP whateverthehell was the worst. It started smoking at around 430F.

I keep complaining about this but when Reagan de-fanged the Federal Trade Commission you is equal to arthritic three legged antelope on the Sarangeti.

This site is from down under but the info is good and compact for the Fort Worth Texas products. Been using LE since 1972. When I had a Willy's pickup and it spent the winters with the front tires submerged in snow melt and after 80,000 miles the bearings looked like I just packed them impresses me. Same for tie-rod ends, axle knuckles, drive shafts, spring hangers the 284 lube points on a Willys.

When water comes in and out the doors the vehicle is submerged.

This stuff made others lubes into sick jokes. BTW out of the majors CHEVRON is not the lube leader. Shell is. Sometime when you have a moment Google

SHELL FOUR BALL WEAR TEST
or
TIMKEN OK LOAD TEST

Chevron makes great urea-based gasoline additive. But LE's lubes are so superior to others it isn't funny. But they are a ----- to get to.

http://www.lubeng.com.au/3750-3751-3752-ALMAGARD-Vari-Purpose-Lubricant.php