Wheel Bearings
Road Warrior
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From: Arizona
If you take the numbers right off of the bearings and go to a bearing supplier you will be able to save some bucks. That goes for the seals too. The numbers are universal and any bearing supplier should be able hook you up. They can also cross reference the number and give you an upgrade bearing if you choose. I would search the internet for a bearing supply house in your area first. Last time I went that route I saved about half the cost of buying from the dealer.
Tech23
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From: Port Charlotte, Florida
what mfg makes the bearings in the wheels now? And remember any bearing number well almost any bearing number can be matched up but not all mfg have the same quality just make sure you get same or better.
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From: PacNW; Beacon of Conservatism in a Sea of Liberals.......AZ Snowbird; Just another Conservative
I checked out their site; clicked on "Product Look-up"; selected "Street"; opened "Make" and they don't even list H-D. Only H-D I found on their site was complete starters...am I missing something?
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A few years ago I took the front wheel bearing of my 74 FX to a local motor bearing supplier and he told me they were the same as the outer front on a popular Ford car! So it shouldn't be difficult to find yours.
Road Master
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From: Grapevine Texas
As to who makes the bearings in the wheels, not positive on that, haven't replaced em but I did just replace the ones in the neck of my 06 streetbob and they were SKF which were stamped MEXICO, since the upper showed a touch of caging in the center of the race, I yanked em and put in TIMKIN's which are stamped USA baby.....
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As to who makes the bearings in the wheels, not positive on that, haven't replaced em but I did just replace the ones in the neck of my 06 streetbob and they were SKF which were stamped MEXICO, since the upper showed a touch of caging in the center of the race, I yanked em and put in TIMKIN's which are stamped USA baby.....
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Road Master
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From: Grapevine Texas
Your absolutely right, after I yanked my orignals skf hecho in mexico's out, I painstakingly analyzed the part number on the race and bearing so I could cross reference it, after I did it's funny how now that number stalks me. I was in autozone and getting a connector for my tractor when I happened to notice some trailor bearings swinging for the blister pack on the shelf, and the pn was an LMblabla but it was the exact number as the HD neck bearings. I laughed and thought great cheap trailor bearings for my 15000 motorcycle, muhahahahahaha.
