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Where is the cheapest place to get rear wheel bearings and seals for a Sierra 1.3 in melbourne? Bloody Repco want $80 for a single freaking bearing!!

PJ.zook wrote:Where is the cheapest place to get rear wheel bearings and seals for a Sierra 1.3 in melbourne? Bloody Repco want $80 for a single freaking bearing!!

Bearing wholesalers in Bayswater. Not sure on weekend trading times?
cnr Barry St and Hollaway dve

9762 3255 or fax 9762 9654

christover

Instead of wide track bearings use narrow track wheel bearings with a spacer ring. Narrow track bearings are worth $25 a side and the rings is worth $20 new from Suzuki. Once you have the rings you only need to buy bearings next time..........

i can get kits here in perth for about 55 bux a side with a genuine zook seal in the kit.

jtraf wrote:Instead of wide track bearings use narrow track wheel bearings with a spacer ring. Narrow track bearings are worth $25 a side and the rings is worth $20 new from Suzuki. Once you have the rings you only need to buy bearings next time..........

Agree, it's the most cost effective way of replacing Sierra rear wheel bearings.

I sell the complete kit with for $35.00 which includes the spacer. My kits include a 10m wide oil seal because they seal on the retainer better than 7-8mm seals that come in most kits.

So whats the difference between teh bearings? Do the NT ones take less load?

i would be worried if its a narrower bearing, wont take as much load when running lager tyres.

PJ.zook wrote:So whats the difference between teh bearings? Do the NT ones take less load?

No mate, it's a long story but here it goes:
The rear wheel bearings on all Sierras SJ40/50/70/80 (81-98) are essentially all the same. When the Sierra was first released in 81, the rear bearings were spaced 5mm from the axle plate with a spacer ring. It is mandatory that this spacer be in place as the brakes jam against the backing plate otherwise. When the bearings had to be replaced, you'd just buy the bearing, the collar, seal and keep the spacer. This was the standard set up in all new 1.0l and 1.3l N/T models.

However when Suzuki released the 1.3 W/T in 88, they changed the configuration of the actual bearing to have the spacer inbuilt to the bearing (so spacers were no longer required when purchasing a genuine bearing). This change covered all Sierras, and when you now purchase the genuine bearing for any model Sierra SJ40/50/70/80 (81-98) you get the inbuilt spaced bearing. So either the system with seperate spacer or the inbuilt spaced bearing works but it is cheaper to go the seperate spacer system.

I'm hoping that makes sense.

Pagie

Makes perfect sense, thanks for that.