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> Rear Wheel Bearings, Comparsions ?
914Sixer
post Jan 10 2011, 07:57 PM
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DO we know for a fact the Chinese bearings are poorly made? Does anyone have any real world use to report? I have some I am going to use. These bearings are made to ISO 9000 spec. This is an international standard for manufactures, SO why wouldn't that be as good as the other bearing manufactures? Are we sticking our nose in the air over nothing? The European parts manufactures do not seem to want to make the parts for our old cars.

What will really blow you away is the amount of VW parts now being made in China. Do a Google and see what comes up. I was amazed.
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post Jan 11 2011, 03:49 PM
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Marc - my old school German mechanic reccos FAG or SKF
- if still available per what Eric Shea said above.

With all due respect to Al - ISO is not from Greek - it is an abbrev. for International Standards Organization (or similar name) IIRC.
Otherwise, that's some great info from a former ISO QC pro! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

The main thing is that whomever is making the product understands & sticks to the specs., and that the QC over that is maintained & not allowed to slip or cheat.

Many of the "independent" low cost Chinese mfgrs. seem to have a propensity to not do some or none of those in their quest for cheap products. There is a guy - 356 Retro or something similar IIRC on evil-bay - who apparently gets his stuff from these questionable vendors/mfgrs.

Whereas, other "new name brand" mfgrs. & the old Euro brands who have plants there & in other Asian countries, etc. - tend to pay more attention to QC in their offshore plants.
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914Sixer   Rear Wheel Bearings   Jan 10 2011, 07:57 PM
Mark Henry   My 67 bus had all new german bearings with swepco ...   Jan 10 2011, 08:15 PM
underthetire   My German boxed rear bearing said made in china. S...   Jan 10 2011, 08:45 PM
SLITS   As far as I am concerned, ISO rating mean absolute...   Jan 10 2011, 08:51 PM
smontanaro   As far as I am concerned, ISO [9000] rating mean ...   Jan 10 2011, 09:17 PM
underthetire   While I agree the ISO doesnt guarantee quality, it...   Jan 10 2011, 09:34 PM
Eric_Shea   This thread will be a moot point very shortly. Man...   Jan 10 2011, 10:20 PM
andys   Here's a snippet from the Timken WEB site that...   Jan 11 2011, 10:44 AM
Eric_Shea   :D   Jan 11 2011, 11:06 AM
realred914   {Drivel deleted by admin} ISO 9000 means nothing...   Jan 11 2011, 11:14 AM
jd74914   ISO 9000 is not a bearing-specific standard. It al...   Jan 11 2011, 11:15 AM
Als914   ISO 9000 is not a bearing-specific standard. It a...   Jan 11 2011, 01:22 PM
charliew   THis is only hearsay but what I got from a retired...   Jan 11 2011, 12:33 PM
underthetire   THis is only hearsay but what I got from a retire...   Jan 11 2011, 03:02 PM
Tom_T   Marc - my old school German mechanic reccos FAG or...   Jan 11 2011, 03:49 PM
Als914   Marc - my old school German mechanic reccos FAG o...   Jan 11 2011, 04:25 PM
SirAndy   [quote name='Tom_T' post='1416567' date='Jan 11 20...   Jan 11 2011, 04:33 PM
mepstein   My shop also had bearings for inline skates and sk...   Jan 11 2011, 04:11 PM
underthetire   My shop also had bearings for inline skates and s...   Jan 11 2011, 04:24 PM
stugray   In my business (hardcore-aerospace), ISO 9000 cert...   Jan 11 2011, 04:47 PM


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