Wheel bearing choice

[Liam 589]

In my searches for some new wheel bearings I found these ones on euro car parts

http://www.eurocarparts.com/wheel-bearing-and-wheel-hub

Are the more expensive SKF bearings worth the extra money or are the Orbis bearings good enough?

 

[Doug]

Personally I would go for the SKF bearings. Used cheaper ones in the past and they haven't lasted as long.

 

[keastygtir]

seconded. I have just replaced one that was less than 2 years old

 

[Liam 589]

Thanks for the replies. SKF it is then

 

[Mr B]

NSK, NTN, KOYO are all good. Main thing is getting ones manufactured in Japan factories as quality level is more guaranteed compared to what comes out of the European factories.
Many short life on new bearing install is down to bad fitting rather than poor bearing quality, exception being TIMKEN as they have been some of the worst bearings I have ever had in hand.