Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: Texan4Life
Originally Posted By: Chris142
if timkin is on top of qc they should be fine.the Chinese can make quality stuff if they are told to. but if a company only wants to pay $.03 for a bearing thats all they get.
agreed
I have a made in korea timken bearing on the front of my truck. Without going and looking at my service book, my guess is it has around 40k miles on it.
I see no reason not to trust the timken brand at this point
Korea is years ahead of China, so I don't consider this a fair comparison. That would be like using a 1980s Hyundai Excel to measure all things Korean.
Sometimes I get something good that is made in China, if it comes from a major company with strict quality control. That in mind, I have certainly see great companies write their name on cheap junk from China, Craftsman is probably the best example here.
I agree korean stuff is pretty good... but every timken i had bought before was made in USA.
But as far as Timken moving some MFG overseas, it seems like they are keeping their QC in check. My point being if its a Timken, no matter of origin, I would use it with confidence.
Unless for some reason we start seeing a slip in QC