Best rear wheel/stub axle bearing, Bearing renew. Options

[914Toy]

What is recommended choice here for trailing arm rear wheel/stub axle bearing - there are two available at Pelican Parts: FAG @ $37.50 with four star rating and SKF @ $75.00 with three star rating?

[Tom_T]

Both FAG & SKF used to be considered good products, but that could've changed if production has moved out of Germany/Euro-Zone for either. Then there's the obvious price difference.

Read the recent customer reviews in the past few years from the bottom/lowest ratings, & judge whether the reviews are based on factual problems, concerns over high price vs. lower (SKF), lack of grease packing (while a QC issue or perhaps they got hot & bled the grease out, & may not affect part & component quality), or other things to be concerned about - vs. people bad mouthing, unhappy about the expense (SKF), or just don't know what they're talking about BS.

The top ratings tend not to tell you much info-wise, but help judge the overall rating number/stars.

FWIW - I've had both in my 914, but my long time mechanic/tech Hans used to prefer the SKF, but has said that FAG is good too more recently (& he's been factory trained on 914s since the start in 1969).

As noted above - these parts could've sat on shelves for years, so check that they're properly grease packed or repack them.

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Tom
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[bbrock]

Both FAG & SKF used to be considered good products, but that could've changed if production has moved out of Germany/Euro-Zone for either. Then there's the obvious price difference.

FAG are now made in Slovakia so take that as you may. I installed a new SKF bearing in my steering rack this weekend (not a wheel bearing), and it was stamped "made in France." Don't know if all of their bearings come out of France now, just passing along what I learned.