So here's the thing, I was told by a mechanic on another forum that the spindle itself may no longer be true, hence the possible tightness. Measuring the spindle is well, not that easy, and I wouldn't even know how to measure it for trueness. I just went and picked up an entire knuckle for cheap from the scrap yard. I have the old, cbk bearing (I presume it's made in china, CBK is canadian parts distributor) which after I properly clean this new spindle, I will slide on the bearing and see how it spins and make a video... I should note that the CBK bearing already had a lot of play in the rear and front races after taking off (remember, only 20km of driving), so it might not give me a very good indication of anything on the new (used) knuckle I just got. The knuckle was cheap, 37 CAD, so it's not that much of a loss if I don't need it, and can always exchange it for a credit
So here's the deal/options I suppose I have
A honda OEM bearing is 300 CAD plus tax from the dealer. No thanks, there's no reason a proper, real SKF bearing shouldn't work correctly (assuming my SKF bearing is real, i've gotten in touch with SKF)
I do suspect that maybe the spindle isn't true... the rear suspension has been shot for a while but I never got around to doing for very reasons (yes I know I should've done it, hindsight is 20/20...), so with that and hitting potholes, it could've ever so slightly deformed it
If the bearing just gets hot, it will fail prematurely...how premature? I don't know. But, as long as the wheel doesn't fall off, at this point i'm starting to lean on leaving it there because the likely hood of having a CBK bearing and a SKF bearing being bad is small, so very good chance it's spindle
I will take the spindle nut off since I have another brand new spare, and see if that makes a difference, along with testing the CBK bearing on the other spindle and seeing what happens there