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imho,the best: www.worldwidebearings.com
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Timken sells Non abs bearings only though.
Came across this and it may be useful to this conversation.
https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/t...manufacturers/
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https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/t...manufacturers/
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Well, I bought a set ( front & back) of all ballz for my 18FLHTCU, have not installed yet. Didn't see anything about them not being compatible with ABS. As far as plastic bearing guides, do you know if they're "plastic" or nylon? Lots of people compliment on them so what's the problem? Haven't heard many bragging about oem bearings.
Around 2012ish I first heard about All ***** Racing and their wheel bearings. At that time, they were considered by many to be superior to OEM and there were many glowing recommendations about them..
Around 2016ish, I started reading about some "issues" with Alls ***** bearings, such as them not being packed with synthetic grease, or hardly having any grease in them at delivery... Not sure what, if anything, changed with All *****... but it gave me pause....
In June of 2020, I replaced the tires on my ABS 2016 Ultra Classic... It was a spur of the moment decision, and I didn't gather parts before hand.. I took the wheels to a tire shop for new tires, then as I didn't want to wait for parts and buy the tool, I just went to a local dealer (I've been hit & miss with their service over the years) to have new wheel bearings installed...
When I picked up the wheels/tires, the service writer said my bearings were done, and the tech wanted to talk to me (uh, oh....that can't be good).
The tech just wanted to show me that HD went to a new wheel bearing. It had a silver (metallic?) shield over the bearings in place of the old plastic shields. He said he didn't want me to think they put the wrong, or non-HD bearings, in my wheels/pulley... He then helped me carry the wheels to my car...
That was certainly unexpected... The tech turned out to be pretty good. I checked the center spacer and the bearings seemed to be properly installed...
I don't have many miles on the new bearings yet, but wanted to share there was a recent change by the MoCo to their wheel bearings...
Are they any better than the old style...??? Who knows..?? Time will tell...
