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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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.
