Rear Wheel Bearing Difference, Comparison that may have caused my failures |
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Rear Wheel Bearing Difference, Comparison that may have caused my failures |
914Sixer |
Jan 15 2017, 03:50 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,897 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
For months now I have maintained there is a big difference in the quality of the new rear bearings verses the original ones. Today I had time to compare an original FAG (Germany)and a new SKF (Italy) bearing shells. MY conclusion is what I suspected, the new ones are NOT the same. I took pictures and measurements to document what I saw. I hope the pictures let you see the difference. Guess which one is the original German one!
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falcor75 |
Jan 16 2017, 01:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Just as a heads up. I live in Sweden and have a friend from uni that now works for SKF. Apparently fake bearings are an increasing problem. They have 6 people spread worldwide that work with nothing but tracking down and siezing counterfit bearings.
http://www.skf.com/binary/21-252392/Counte...m_12-252392.pdf |
JoeDees |
Jan 18 2017, 09:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-November 14 From: Northern Kentucky Member No.: 18,106 Region Association: None |
Just as a heads up. I live in Sweden and have a friend from uni that now works for SKF. Apparently fake bearings are an increasing problem. They have 6 people spread worldwide that work with nothing but tracking down and siezing counterfit bearings. http://www.skf.com/binary/21-252392/Counte...m_12-252392.pdf I heard a report on BBC or NPR about that. They said that auto parts are counterfeited even more than designer clothes/purses. The report also said that the fakes even end up in reputable parts stores who have no idea they they're fake. |
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