Are the OEM hub bearings worth the extra money over the aftermarket hub bearings?

The OEM Hub Bearing assembly is about double the cost ($360) of the standard quality Aftermarket assemblies at rockauto. Y'all think they last twice as long/mileage? If not, which aftermarket assembly would you go with?

I have a 99 7.3L 4x4 and am running 285/75/r16s ATs.

 

You only get what you pay for, them 100 dollar ones will last a year and when they go it will eat the stub shaft and rotor up with it. Most on here go with OEM, MOOG, or Timken

 

I went Timken from Autozone, which is now MOOG. Don't know if they partner or one was bought out. Not sure. 3 year warranty though. My truck chews and spits out these bearings out with the snowplow and everything, so the 3 year warranty is nice. I normally don't get too much more then a year and a half out of them. $220 a piece I think.

 

I bought Timken from rock auto. Box says made to ""Timken standards".O ring and studs were included.
2001 F250

 

Just curious on how long these last on your truck? I run a 8.5' Unimount Western MVP with wings.

 

the original bearings went 193k on 2001 F250.our other trucks are 2011 F350 with 120k on original bearings and F550 is new. 250 and 350 have 8ft Fisher HD plows. the 550 has a Fisher XLS plow.

 

That many miles with a snow plow seems really good to me. So is 150-200K miles pretty common on the original bearings? If so, seems to me it's worth it to pay the extra cost and go with the OEM bearings instead of Timken, or other standard replacement brands in the $160 range that a lot of people seem to replace the originals with. I've read a few other posts where those aftermarket bearings don't last near that long.

 

If you want a Timken they last time I checked they have to bring them in.

OP- I have a Timken on my driver side and would only use it or a Motorcraft unit.

 

That's pretty impressive. I don't think I get barely 20,000 out of mine.

 

I think it's time you swap to the old style spindle conversion kit

 

I had one go bad in my old 2000 7.3 excursion. I was in a pinch and the moog was the only option.

About 10,000 miles later developed a vibration and it turned out the unit went bad, had it warrantied out, second unit lasted 2,000 miles. They refused to warranty it a second time.

I went on rockauto that night and bit the bullet on two Timken units, two years and 50,000 miles, never and issue again.

Buy once, cry once, I learned that the hard way.

 

I am hoping that I don't have the same as you with the MOOG. I originally bought TIMKEN bearing through Autozone. This time when I went to get the bearing warrantied they said that part number is a MOOG part. I said that I paid extra for the TIMKEN when I bought them and that's what I wanted. I was told they are the same now and that's all they have. I don't know if they were feeding me a line or what.

 

I figured that if the original bearings lasted 110k mi. running wide tires and wheels, I wasn't going to take a chance on aftermarket units.
I just shopped around for the best price on Motorcraft and went for them!

 

I found my timkens at Amazon,they had best price at that time..good luck,Dave

 

Thinking of doing the same myself. Rockauto has the Motorcraft OE units for around $290.