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<blockquote data-quote="MuleyMadness" data-source="post: 265638" data-attributes="member: 5313"><p>As a bearing salesman of 7+ years for the largest industrial bearing supplier in the US. I have worked with almost every bearing company out there. Every bearing is made to the same specifications weather it is from the US or Taiwan. These bearings are randomly tested off of the assembly line to make sure they stay in spec. Most bearings will say assembled in the US which means most of the components came from overseas. This goes for all of the biggest bearing manufacturers. If you take care of them they will last. Remember that TOO MUCH GREASE IS JUST AS BAD AS NOT ENOUGH. Ask your trailer guy exactly how often and how much you should grease them. Or get online and call your favorite bearing manufacturer 800 number and give them the part number and they will tell you exactly what to do.</p><p></p><p>Bearings are the most faked item on the internet. They are expensive and tons of people are trying to make a quick buck by forgery. For those of you that are taking your trailers in to get a bearing change it is not a terrible idea to just ask where they are getting their bearings. Most of them are probably getting them from a distributor like who I work for but if they say the internet that is a huge red flag and should be addressed. Just because you see an orange and black box on the shop shelf does not mean there is a Timken inside. Trust me we have done it online just to see and there was a foreign brand inside. Bearings can also be contaminated before they leave the box. I could talk about this all day but i am just giving you guys some information so you can approach this from the right direction.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>And for the record I am not knocking Timken...one of the best around. But 99.9% of the time a bearing failure is either the bearing was in the wrong application or that preventative maintenance was lacking or wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MuleyMadness, post: 265638, member: 5313"] As a bearing salesman of 7+ years for the largest industrial bearing supplier in the US. I have worked with almost every bearing company out there. Every bearing is made to the same specifications weather it is from the US or Taiwan. These bearings are randomly tested off of the assembly line to make sure they stay in spec. Most bearings will say assembled in the US which means most of the components came from overseas. This goes for all of the biggest bearing manufacturers. If you take care of them they will last. Remember that TOO MUCH GREASE IS JUST AS BAD AS NOT ENOUGH. Ask your trailer guy exactly how often and how much you should grease them. Or get online and call your favorite bearing manufacturer 800 number and give them the part number and they will tell you exactly what to do. Bearings are the most faked item on the internet. They are expensive and tons of people are trying to make a quick buck by forgery. For those of you that are taking your trailers in to get a bearing change it is not a terrible idea to just ask where they are getting their bearings. Most of them are probably getting them from a distributor like who I work for but if they say the internet that is a huge red flag and should be addressed. Just because you see an orange and black box on the shop shelf does not mean there is a Timken inside. Trust me we have done it online just to see and there was a foreign brand inside. Bearings can also be contaminated before they leave the box. I could talk about this all day but i am just giving you guys some information so you can approach this from the right direction. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] And for the record I am not knocking Timken...one of the best around. But 99.9% of the time a bearing failure is either the bearing was in the wrong application or that preventative maintenance was lacking or wrong. [/QUOTE]
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