Originally Posted By: Lubener
Any thing which is not made in China. I doubt you can find anything else so brand shouldn't matter.The name brands seemed to made in China. A very sad thing to see.
Its getting tougher to find US, Canada, Japanese and Euro bearings in the US anymore regardless of manufacturer.
National is now Moog and from what i have seen Chinese no name, stay well clear of that junk unless it has USA on the bearing then its NOS and very good.
F A G is still making bearings in Germany for European use but for the US a lot of them are Chinese or Mexican production.
I needed rear VW hubs, the ones from the dealer were Mexico the OE was German F A G.
I ordered a set in Germany and had my son ship them. F A G made in Germany.
I look at AZ for NOS Timken, you have to look at the bearing not the box for the COO or ebay for NOS "Made in USA" hubs and bearings from Timken, SKF, OE etc.
Ordering from Beck & Arnley is sketchy now and ordering from Rock is a gamble. There is a good chance the bearing will be Chinese.
Would someone please fix this dam filter for the word F A G! On this forum it pertains to bearings not puffs.