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  • #16
    I've gotten the duralast rear wheel bearings and they were NOT Timken said China on the cone. And the center bore on the inner wouldn't even slide on the axel. I took it back and got an exchange and it fit but lasted only a few thousand miles. Replaced it with national From elsewhere.
    I'll be ordering online from now on when I need good bearings.

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    • #17
      For what it's worth, I read, sometime back, Timken had moved it's manufacturing of bearings to China.
      I hate being Bi-Polar, it's awesome.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by frogman View Post
        For what it's worth, I read, sometime back, Timken had moved it's manufacturing of bearings to China.
        Yes and no, Timken does indeed have bearing manufacturing plants (several) in China, but also maintains plants all over the world.
        If the cup or cone says TIMKEN it's going to meet spec. regardless of which plant spawned it.
        No car too fast !

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        • #19
          Timken Steel split from Timken corp last year so they are now separate companies. So it may be that all the steel for the bearings now comes from China... but I don't know if that is true or not (I doubt it).
          As for Timken locations:
          http://www.timken.com/EN-US/about/Pages/Locations.aspx


          Did this steel plant get built in Ohio?
          http://news.timken.com/index.php?s=12504&item=127229
          Last edited by 1990new; 04-20-2015, 09:23 PM.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by 1990new View Post
            So it may be that all the steel for the bearings now comes from China... but I don't know if that is true or not (I doubt it).
            Seems unlikely, their primary source for their designer steels is steel scrap, (1.7 million tons in 2011). Of the 62 plants on the globe, 40 are in the US.
            Guess that is where all the Festivas are going
            No car too fast !

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Dragonhealer View Post
              Guess that is where all the Festivas are going
              Don't get me started...
              Driving for me is neither a right nor a privilege. Driving is my passion, as it was for the people who invented the automobile, the people who paved the first roads and the people who continue to improve the automobile. Please respect this passion.

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              • #22
                YES...I wanna hear it.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by azgtx View Post
                  YES...I wanna hear it.
                  You've heard my rant more than anyone. Haha
                  Driving for me is neither a right nor a privilege. Driving is my passion, as it was for the people who invented the automobile, the people who paved the first roads and the people who continue to improve the automobile. Please respect this passion.

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                  • #24
                    Did someone say Timken?

                    Ian
                    Calgary AB, Canada
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                    • #25
                      Wow...
                      Looks like enough seals and Set 11's there to rebuild five front hubs...and some for the rear as well.
                      Way to save on shipping!

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                      • #26
                        Looks like AutoZone is starting to carry some National wheel bearings. Pic I took at work.

                        1991 Ford Festiva BP (Full Aspire/Rio Swap) (337k Miles) (Around 95k Engine)
                        2002 Chevy Cavalier LS Sport 2.2L DOHC Ecotec (Threw a Rod)
                        1998 Chevy Monte Carlo LS 3.1 V6 (225k miles) Best MPG = 28

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                        • #27
                          What are the parts numbers for timkens bearings for:

                          Ford Festiva front wheels
                          Ford Festiva rear wheels
                          Ford Apsire front wheels
                          Ford Aspire rear wheels
                          Last edited by jhntu; 05-04-2015, 09:48 AM.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by jhntu View Post
                            What are the parts numbers for timkens bearings for:

                            Ford Festiva front wheels
                            Ford Festiva rear wheels
                            Ford Apsire front wheels
                            Ford Aspire rear wheels
                            Rockauto is your friend.

                            Festiva Front = SET11 (Used for both inner and outer.)
                            Festiva Rear = SET1 (Outer) SET4 (Outer)

                            Aspire = Exactly the same as the Festiva
                            1991 Ford Festiva BP (Full Aspire/Rio Swap) (337k Miles) (Around 95k Engine)
                            2002 Chevy Cavalier LS Sport 2.2L DOHC Ecotec (Threw a Rod)
                            1998 Chevy Monte Carlo LS 3.1 V6 (225k miles) Best MPG = 28

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                            • #29
                              Thanks. Is there a piece number for each set or is it just set 1 and set 11

                              Example

                              Set 1 - abc123
                              Set 11 - abd124

                              Kinda thing.

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                              • #30
                                Set1 & set4 are rear.

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