Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

cooz65 · Webmaster

best brand of wheel bearing

67ss · 1K+ Club

I like to stay with more name brand, Timken, BCA, National all seem to hold up well and have been around awhile. I would also compare how long the warranty is verses the price. If it is a couple bucks more but has an extra year warranty that might be the better option. I don't like mail ordering parts like that because if it does fail by the time you have to pay shipping back and forth and wait time any cost saving is lost. Easier to take it off go back to the store hand them the bad get the next new one and be back in business.

Chris S · Active Member

I put a Timkin in a Saturn a few years ago after my friend got 6 months out of his no name bearing. The shop that pressed in the bearing said they only use Timkin, had lots of problems with the cheaper ones.

Lost in the 60s · President

I don't know if Bryan is still in a position to help with parts, but I got both sides for my 2000 Silverado from him for only slightly more than anything aftermarket.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Ive always had good luck with SKF and Timken when I was working in the field as a tech. Ive also found Amazon has better prices on auto parts then sources like Rock auto, which is still pretty cheap.

SShink · 3K+ Club

Try moving the tire from the location that sounds like a bearing going bad and see if the sound moves with the tire. I've had 2 sets of tires on trucks now that sounded like a bad hub bearing that turned out to be the tire itself.