Tony D Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I wouldn't say that. Only very recently did Timken start reboxing other competitive brands. To that point, if you ordered a Timken, you GOT a Timken. And likely it was the best there was out there on the market. Now, SKF and NTN will likely be the brand you get if you order a Timken for a Japanese Car, an *** or Timken will come for Euro Cars, and most American Makes (and older legacy products) will have Timkens in the Timken Box. Generally if you order SKF or NTN, especially in a bearing application for a Japanese Car, that is exactly what you get. Timken was traditionally an 'upgrade' even if they supplied to OEM, many times you could buy Timkens to replace Timkens which were tighter tolerance. It goes into how you order the bearing, if you order by plain number, and without suffixes known in the industry like "C3" or "C4" etc.... you will get as someone said above "Generic Bearings" but when you start specifying the dimensional specs commonly used in the industry, along with other specialty identifiers they selection gets progressively better, likely will last longer, and generally will be more expensive. I KNOW of one instance where SFK changed their bearing ID. Better metals allowed a thinner outer race, and they put in larger rollers. But you couldn't use the old inner with a new outer race! Look closely, they DO improve things over the years, and reusing races may not work all he time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Why is F A G now astrisked out? It's a bearing name! German *** Polish ***, Chinese ***... it went in that context before. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 AHHHH! You can't have a single! When you order FAGs, they gotta be in pairs. THAT is why they are astrisked now. No intermixing of brands, when you buy your FAGs, you gotta buy them in PAIRS or the board will reject your getting only one at a time. Kinda Like Girls at Annie's Soapy Massage in Bangkok... Can't get just ONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuD 91gt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just posting this to archive some info. Purchased Beck and Arnley wheel bearings for my 240z. Was really hoping for Japan Made. 051-3152 Made in China - only marking on bearing is RLS10 051-3160 Made in Japan - Markings , NTN, Japan WX, SX06A52C4 The bottom one is the out bearing. also purchased a the inner bearing seal. Made in Taiwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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