After market wheel hubs?

[LlanoBill]

Has anyone used the wheel bearing hubs manufactured by “Precession” and being sold on ebay? If so, what are your thoughts? :confused Thanks!

 

[blackhole]

aftermarket wheel hubs

you might check this link, I read some good things about them. wheelbearingsinc.com and the price is fantastic.

 

[LlanoBill]

Thanks blackhole, I’ll check these out. The site stress made in the USA and implies they are an OEM supplier and the price is very low. Autozone sells Timken made for $149. The Precision are made in Australia and do not come with a warranty. The R&R on hubs is enough to make me not want to have to redo in 5K. :ugh

 

[jwilliams]

I autocross my 89, in fact that's all it's used for at the current time. But I race a lot, and usually with a co-driver or two. I have two other 89's that I procure parts for. We tried aftermarket bearings, none of them lasted more than 4 events. In fact, one front bearing failed with less than 90 seconds on driving. It failed on the 3rd run. Moral of my story, spend the extra few bucks for the AC Delco's. Especially if you don't want to do again soon. It's no biggie for me since I've done so many and have a shop and a hoist.

Regards,

Jay

 

[MBDiagMan]

I autocross my 89, in fact that's all it's used for at the current time. But I race a lot, and usually with a co-driver or two. I have two other 89's that I procure parts for. We tried aftermarket bearings, none of them lasted more than 4 events. In fact, one front bearing failed with less than 90 seconds on driving. It failed on the 3rd run. Moral of my story, spend the extra few bucks for the AC Delco's. Especially if you don't want to do again soon. It's no biggie for me since I've done so many and have a shop and a hoist.

Regards,

Jay

Jay,

I am considering taking up autocross and your statement scared me. If I will be replacing bearing packs often it will cost as much money to keep the car in bearing packs as it will to keep it in tires.

How long do the AC Delco bearing packs last in autocross use?

Thanks for the help,

 

[jwilliams]

MB,

Sorry to scare ya. We get about one to two seasons out of a set of bearings. I run 20+ events a year, usually with at least one codriver. Figure that most events I do you get 4 to 5 runs per driver. I will use 2 to 3 sets of Kumho V710 tires. I am a serious autocrosser running SCCA regional, Divisional and National events. We have found the grip that the new Kumho V710's and Hoosier A3S05's has increased bearing wear. These tires offer a lot more lateral grip than previous tires. Some of the events I run have sections that I take in third gear, fast sweepers that you enter in third...lots of fun....Don't let the bearing issue stop you, just find local vendor for AC Delco and get friendly with him....

If you have any other questions about the sport by all means ask away

Jay

 

[MBDiagMan]

Jay,

Thanks very much for the response.

So you go through two or three sets of tires per season? Are you running Stock or Prepared? Do you change tires due to the number of heat cycles hardening them or are you wearing them out?

Due to the exhaust system on my car I will either have to replace the whole exhaust system with a stock system or run in Prepared class.

I am wanting to take up Autocross because it is something that my daughter and I can do together. She is in college so my funds are limited for the next few years. I fully realize that tires are a BIG expense in any form of motorsport, but from your numbers it looks like tires and bearings could run about $2500 per season with us running 10 events per year.

Thanks for any further experience that you wish to share.

Have a great day,

 

[jwilliams]

MB, I run stock class. I just ran eliminators from the cat back. If you are going to do ten events a year you should easily be able to need only one set of tires and the bearings should last 2-3 years. I run with my dad, sister and I'm trying to get my wife to run with us. I can run the car really hard, I have a set of double adjustable penske shocks. My ultimate goal is to win a national title in SCCA. It all started oh so innocently..... And then it got serious, better shocks, lighter wheels, four point harness with harness bar, sticky tires...But it's alot of fun. Now it's turned into It's given my family another chance to do something together. In the next year or two my daughter will start in go karts.

Start simple, have fun. The biggest improvement you can make to start with is you. SEAT TIME, SEAT TIME, SEAT TIME. Find the local fast guy. Go drive your car with him. Have him give feedback. Then have him drive your car and you ride with him....it'll be an eyeopener.

Goodluck, and have FUN!!!!!!

 

[WradDad]

Jay,

When you replace the rear bearings, what do you torque the rear wheel nut to? Lately, I've been over-torquing them to 200 lb/ft, and they seem to last longer. I don't autocross, but I run a lot of track days with the car.

Thanks,
Barry

 

[jsinga]

Not long ago someone posted an informative note about wheel bearings. They said GM had a subsidary NDH making their bearings. They actually have NDH stamped on them. Supposedly, the Timken bearings are good, made in USA also.
I got bearings from Pep Boys with a lifetime warranty for $99 each. They've lasted good. It's my street car and not raced.
The note also said check the bearings. Some in the same boxes are good stuff made in USA and others are cheap made in china junk.

JS

 

[LlanoBill]

Thanks to all for posting. I'll search the old postings again because I missed the earlier posting JS mentioned.