93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
2/12/18 10:43 a.m.

I have heard quite a few bad stories about replacement wheel bearings. What companies do you trust? It seems like Timken and SKF should be good?

Matthew Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy Reader
2/12/18 11:19 a.m.

Timken and SKF are the go-to, if they're available for the application.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf UltraDork
2/12/18 11:34 a.m.

Not WJB brand from the big blue online store we all love.  3 of the 4 i did on the Cobalt did not last 9 months and the 4th is just over 1 year old and making noises...

I used MOOG for the two fronts and i forget what the rear was but it was in stock at the local parts places whorehouses.  I could have purchased new WJB's and sent back the old ones for credit but I'm tired of doing the same job over and over...So I paid more and got no credit.

Sad thing is I have 4 sitting waiting to go in the wifes WRX but don't trust the WJB brand to put them in and they've been sitting so long there not returnable.

 

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
2/12/18 11:48 a.m.

Koyo should be good. 

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
2/12/18 12:08 p.m.
Matthew Kennedy said:

Timken and SKF are the go-to, if they're available for the application.

Yeah they are pretty available for Civics.

Fitzauto
Fitzauto Dork
2/12/18 12:49 p.m.

I like Timken and SKF. Rockauto sometimes has them depending on your vehicle.

Kramer
Kramer Dork
2/12/18 12:49 p.m.

Most Moog hub assemblies are made by Iljen, a Korean OEM.  They're usually pretty decent.  Expensive, though.  

RevRico
RevRico UltraDork
2/12/18 12:53 p.m.

Are centric hubs/bearings any good?

I've used their brake components with good results in the past, but their hub assemblies are half the cost of timken or skf and that has me hesitating. 

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