Best/worst sealed wheel bearing brands

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Need to replace the front wheel bearings on my Dodge Dakota 2wd.
What are the best bearings to look for and what should I avoid?
Working heavy industrial my favorite bearings are skf and fag, but they probably don't make automotive size bearings. Looks like I have to buy the hub assembly with bearings installed.
I'll probably get the Moog ones, they're about double the price of the no-names.
 
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It's just a sample of one, but I replaced a front wheel bearing in my '18 Silverado with a MOOG and so far, it has lasted longer than the OEM one that came from the factory.
 
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Changed rear wheel bearings today. Are NSK bearings good?

Had a humming noise while driving in my Avalon. Sounded like from the rear so I ordered some bearings from Rock Auto and installed them today. I chose NSK bearings. Anyone have experience with them or have a favorite brand they like?
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Bad wheel bearing.....which brand to get?

With nice weather, I drove slowly with the windows open the other day. I heard some grinding noise and decided to check out if they are caused by bad wheel bearings. Put the car on the jack stands and rotated each wheels. No play when shaking them side to side and top and bottom. I think both...
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There's just 4 of many examples at your fingertips with Search
 
Careful where you buy so you don't get counterfeits, just like with spark plugs. I'd buy from Rockauto.com. SKF has counterfeits floating around on major online sites. Just google "SKF counterfeit wheel bearings ". SKF has a way to verify they're real.
 
Another vote for SKF. I’ve used them on a couple of vehicles and they’ve lasted till I sold the vehicles (over 50k miles). I bought a Moog one and it lasted less than 10k miles.
 
On some jobs that are difficult- and I'm working on doing my own jobs as paying for these services is just not working out lately----I'll install the best I can as in NOT CHEAPING OUT. If oem is $$ but gives good service- it goes back in, if oem has an issue, look for something better. 30 years ago I was an SKF fan, not anymore- I want to see a European, north American or jap country of origin on precision parts, I really don't care what they say about QA/QC because at the end of the day you are playing the odds with any product and nobody else is holding the bag but you. And regarding the the lifetime warranty deals on poor parts- what's my labour worth- nothing to these companies.
 
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SatinSilver said:
Careful where you buy so you don't get counterfeits, just like with spark plugs. I'd buy from Rockauto.com. SKF has counterfeits floating around on major online sites. Just google "SKF counterfeit wheel bearings ". SKF has a way to verify they're real.
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I'm for NOS parts.
Or try to find a bearing that has been reboxed to another oem application..... ie, I was trying to find a Toyota belt tensioner bearing and was sifting through a deluge of chinesium parts for that application and oem Toyota tensioner was $$$(no service bearing)- I found a Honda motorbike application front wheel bearing kit that was Nachi and got two bearings in a motorsport Honda box for a reasonable cost- not the cheapest but cheaper than oem, I've got a spare bearing and a very good part to boot.
 
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Careful where you buy so you don't get counterfeits, just like with spark plugs. I'd buy from Rockauto.com. SKF has counterfeits floating around on major online sites..........
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It appears that RockAuto is now selling counterfeit SKF hub bearing assemblies.

Apparently either SKF doesn't make their Bearings as good as they used to or RockAuto sold me a counterfeit.

Yesterday I Installed a brand new SKF hub assembly on my 2009 Buick Lacrosse. The only thing that struck me odd about this bearing is that is was as hard to spin as the one that came off of it. I paid it no mind and put it on anyways. Today the new bearing fails. Chirping and popping noises, up...
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NAPA is a factory authorized distributor for SKF, so the chance of counterfeits should be much lower from them. Or you can buy directly from SKF at:


SKF recently increased the warranty on their hubs to 5 years.

SKF Vehicle Aftermarket Extends Warranty on All Auto Hubs
 
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