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Terrain Tamer + Ebay Wheel bearing kits...

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 6:57 pm
by +dj_hansen+
Need to change all the wheel bearings in LN61 IFS 4Runner.
On ebay, hobzee (the4wdshop) has listed premium bearing kits, which appear to have a terrain tamer box in them, but Timken bearings, whereas the Terrain Tamer website shows the same thing, but with Koyo bearings.

The price difference is negligble, i pay for postage, or drive out to west melb (atleast 40mins each way). Are these kits the same, or should i go for the Terrain Tamer ones with Koyo bearings?

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 8:50 pm
by Reddo
Koyo and Timkin and equally good, but there may be some issues as to where they are made nowadays. Koyo made in Japan are excellent, as are USA and EU made Timkin. However, each has moved into Asia and SAmerica, and quality may not be as good as the originals. In the end you get what you pay for. I have tried cheap bearings and they don't last as long and are often not as stong due to fewer balls/rollers, and narrower bearing tracks width ect. So I buy the good ones nowadays.....eg, Japan, USA of EU if you can get them.