Anyone using these wheel bearings?
Clearly a cheap try here - anyone have anything to report?

 

I think the forum folks have stayed away from cheap bearings Buy a good quality name brand oem. Why go cheap on that

 

have you used them?

 

Need a better reason?

 

Not to disrespect anyone's mechanical capabilities, but... when some says brand "X" hub (or any part really) is faulty but you later find out:
- they didn't follow any steps in the RAVE manual
- they didn't clean the drive shaft splines, wheel hub and axle mating faces
- they didn't tighten the bolts securing wheel hub to axle to 100 Nm
- they reused the old hub nut and didn't properly tighten it to 490 Nm...
Can they really fault the manufacturer of the hub?

 

I have never done bearings but just from reading the forum for the last few years that’s the reviews you get

now the cheap eBay radiators seem to work just fine

 

I've installed plenty of no name Ebay hubs onto D2's. I've yet to have any of those friends/customers come back with a 2 or 3 wheeled D2. I had one come back with a torn off lug due to a tire shop, but I don't really see that as an Ebay hub issue as Tire Shops can destroy lugs pretty easy if they're clueless.

 

Wheel bearings, u-joints, tie rods, water pumps, and tires are things that I won't cheap out on. A *properly installed* chinese bearing may be fine... but a good usa, german, or japanese bearing will always be fine. Doubt anyone can give a direct review of those because you never no what no name supplier part that you'll get.