Chinese wheel bearings...

[ekdee1]

Received my new wheel bearings today. Upon further inspection I noticed one of the tapered roller bearings was made in China. The part number, fit and function are correct. Anyone had good or bad luck or experience with Chinese manufactured bearings?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I could be wrong, but I have not seen "anything" with a good quality or a long service life come out of China.

 

[cranetruck]

With the quantity of goods coming out of China, they'll soon be producing the best quality of just about anything with the experience gained, just look at Japan....

 

[DUG]

We have been directed several times over the past few years to pull "Made In China" wheel bearings from service from our aircraft tow tractors. This equipment almost never gets over 5 mph. You be the judge.

 

[anthony3478]

I sell automotive parts, I sell both China and USA built bearings the fit might be the same but putting them side by side I can see a quality difference.

 

[KI4GSN]

I would stay away from Chinese anything if possible. It may (read:will) cost more to buy American, but the quality is so much better.

 

[avengeusa]

China Sucks , pure and simple

 

[gimpyrobb]

I just swapped out all the bearings on my dropside truck. The place I ordered the bearings from sent some timken made in USA, some made in Canada, and one or two made in china. Guess which are still in the box.

 

[Jeeperjoe]

I could be wrong, but I have not seen "anything" with a good quality or a long service life come out of China.

Poly-Tech Legend AK-47 was alright

 

[hole]

Chinese tools, auto/ truck parts are generally infearior but Kung Pao Chickens pretty darn good :stir pot:

 

[poof]

Chineese parts tend to be a Band-aid fix..
If your down and out, and its all you can come up with at the time , do what you have to do.
Be prepaired to replace sooner than later.
I wouldnt use anything Chinese made for replacement of critical parts.

 

[bottleworks]

I'm all pro USA, but who made your failed wheel bearing? With all this stereotyping, why not buy a Canadian made wheel bearing. Far superior then USA made.

Or course, I don't have any facts to back this up, just like everyone who posted anti-China remarks. Really, this entire thread is a waste of time.

 

[FMJ]

I agree with bottleworks. . .

Oh, and make sure not to let your kids handle your Chinese wheel bearings. . . lead issues

I'm off to my shop to throw out all my Snap On tools, and replace them with Harbor Freight stuff.

 

[Michael]

I'm all pro USA, but who made your failed wheel bearing? With all this stereotyping, why not buy a Canadian made wheel bearing. Far superior then USA made.

Or course, I don't have any facts to back this up, just like everyone who posted anti-China remarks. Really, this entire thread is a waste of time.

I wouldn't go that far. It is a legitimate question, just no one has answered with yes I have used them and they are still holding up or that they have failed. I think we all would prefer to use made in USA parts for our trucks, but they are getting harder to find. Often when you order on line you don't know what you are going to get and several have posted they are getting mixed orders. A lot of what little is still made in this country is full of made in china parts.

 

[pauld]

where do you guys think most of your "made in america" parts are made...... on machine tools made in china and tiawan.. think about that

 

[LOWGEAR]

I replaced some bearing on my cj with ones made in china that I purchased from a off road shop and they failed in six months taking the spindle with them. I'll never made that mistake again.

 

[nk14zp]

In a pinch i have used china ones on light trucks with a high failure rate.

 

[Michael]

Going back to who made the bearing that you are replacing, how many orginal US bearings fail that still have grease on them? I would think most would have had the grease washed off them from a seal failure or rust from fording rather than from a manufacturing defect. I wonder how many of us are ordering bearings to have on hand in case we find bad ones when we check them and we end up never using them?

 

[txdodge43man]

I work on oil feild equipment (mud pumps and draworks) and right now there are 40 brand new straight from china pumps in the yard waiting to be rebuilt with amarican bearings, and bolts becuase they fail with in a matter of day in the feild.

 

[FMJ]

You guys are all just China Haters!

I've got some Chinese winch pins for sale. . . .