My passenger side wheel bearing is going out. I had a local company replace it under extended warranty 7 years and 90k miles back. I think I have gotten pretty good life out of it. I think it was from Napa but not positive.

What brand have y'all had good experience with? I try to grease then once a year but I'm not always successful.

 

I like to stick with Timken or SKF myself. The last I knew they were still made in USA or Canada. Stay away from Chinese.

 

When I swap out the ones on my truck, I will go with Timkin. No real reason other than their reputation for quality in regards to wheel bearings.

RiffRaff has them, and Amazon has them on sale from time to time.

 

I need to do this too before the cold sets in. I have heard nothing but Timken. I also believe the rubber O-Ring and seal should be replaced as well.

 

I built a 3 bay, heated 1500 sq ft garage 2 years ago so I don't have to worry about the cold. 😀

 

I didn't see any on Riffraff.

 

Are you talking about the wheel bearing or the wheel breaking hub assembly? For the whole assembly I would reccomend tinken. As for the bearing recently was doing some front end work and the roller bearing lost some rollers. Not in a position to wait for a new assembly or pay full price to replace a hub assembly that is still good I called ford to purchase the bearing. They were out of stock and recommended auto crap parts given my scenario. I asked if they were sure about that reccomendation. They said yes but another dealer has it in stock an hour away if you want the alleged ford part. Yes I reply after driving there and paying 23.00 inopen the package and it is a KoYo brand bearing inford packaging lol May be the only part where autozone beats the dealer lol. Thus for the bearing only I would reccomend koyo as that's what ford uses.

 

The Timkin comes with the o-ring. Not sure about other brands.

 

Go to RiffRaff site and search for Timken. There will be 3 choices. The right one for my truck is linked below.

Timken Axle Bearing and Hub Assembly - Course Thread - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Sometimes you can find them on Amazon or Rock Auto for sale too.

 

Also we are talking 4x4 so any seals or o rings usually come with it. I think I have Bosh on there right now.

I would like to stick with a local parts store for warranty purposes.

 

Thanks for the link I went through all the 7.3 parts and didn't see it. Also searched wheel bearing to no avail.

 

RockAuto has Timken for $160 today. They were $156 a few weeks ago. Just specify course or fine threads based upon what is on you truck now.

 

Another vote for Timken, here

 

That is a great price, I might have to pick up a couple just to put on the shelf for future use...

 

Autozone carries Timken as well