Grease Seals TruRyde vs SKF
I need to inspect/grease wheel bearings. I see that I can get a PAIR of TruRyde seals for $3.90 OR I can go to NAPA and get a SINGLE SKF seal for $23.85. Now given that this job will be done e...
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mosseater wrote:
I go to Kaman Bearing locally and they crossed over a very good double lip seal for about $11 per. $23 is out of line, IMO. A competent bearing shop should be able to get you good seals for less than that. Personally, I'm not sure how much trust I'd put in a $3 seal.
IMO anything over about $5-$6 per seal is outrageous. I've been getting mine from my local RV dealer for around $3.50 per seal. These are from a parts drawer in the store that has like 10 different seals and there are probably 50+ seals in each drawer. Not sure of the make and I'm sure their probably the dreaded China bombs, but in over 30 years buying them from this same dealer I have never had an issue with any of the scores I have bought from them. BTW these are double lipped and the # IIRC is like 10-49. I also don't repack and change my seals every year, but like every 3 to 5 years.
Larry
