Moog / SKF / Timken hubs versus Raybestos hub.

[mrsilv04]

Is a Moog hub with a 36 month / 36000 mile warranty worth $55 more than a Raybestos hub with a lifetime warranty?

Or a SKF hub with a 36 month / 45000 mile warranty for $47 more?

Or a Timken with a 12 month warranty for $ 43 more?

I think I know which one I'm buying.

 

[AutoMechanic]

I have had good luck with all the brands you listed I’d get any of them honestly but I like the fact the Raybestos has a lifetime warranty that’s the one I’d get.

 

[mattd]

How many times do you want to do the job?

 

[Trav]

The only one listed I would spend my money on or install is the SKF.

 

[Dave9]

SKF or Timken, though when talking about warranties, are you talking about mail order? Amazon can be a PITA to get warranty coverage through and anywhere else, you still have to ship the part back on your dime, and maybe wait if they won't advance cross ship the replacement, all to get the same part # that already failed so no expectation the replacement will last any longer.

If I have any expectation of needing a lifetime warranty, I buy the part locally from Autozone, because they have a store very nearby. I don't do that often because they seem to want about 35% more for this extended warranty than same quality level part would cost elsewhere, but it's great for things that need replacement every few years like hood or lift gate struts and brake pads. Edit: Autozone has dropped their lifetime warranty on (new purchases of) some of their lift struts so YMMV.

 

[ABN_CBT_ENGR]

with a lifetime warranty?

Remember, that "lifetime warranty" is a marketing gimmick already calculated into the cost and based on an expected minimal volume of people who actually use it- its not an indicator of quality or longevity.

 

[Creekside]

I prefer Timken bearings as that’s what most of our industrial bearings are. It’s simply a name thing. I don’t however think you could go wrong with any of the options you listed.

 

[Trav]

Timken has been reboxing white box Chinese for a few years now along with some NOS US, Japanese and Korean made stuff.
It is easy to tell the trash they do not put a COO on the bearing or the box. Ditto Moog, once the NOS National stuff was gone they went cheap Chicom.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Any brand name seems about equal. They are all lesser quality than the OE hubs. I haven’t found one excellent brand.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Timken has been reboxing white box Chinese for a few years now along with some NOS US, Japanese and Korean made stuff.
It is easy to tell the trash they do not put a COO on the bearing or the box. Ditto Moog, once the NOS National stuff was gone they went cheap Chicom.

Thanks for the info on that didn’t know that they were doing I’ll never buy one again from Timken

 

[slacktide_bitog]

OEM or BCA

 

[DriveHard]

If you are allowed to inspect all the parts, look on the side of the hub and learn who really made what. If the Timken bearing has a Timken name and part number on the side, you can't do much better than that.

 

[The Critic]

Timken has been reboxing white box Chinese for a few years now along with some NOS US, Japanese and Korean made stuff.
It is easy to tell the trash they do not put a COO on the bearing or the box. Ditto Moog, once the NOS National stuff was gone they went cheap Chicom.

There are suppliers building OE quality parts out of China. GM uses them. It’s hard to say who Timken is sourcing from in China, but I would not assume all of it is low quality.

 

[Trav]

The ones with no COO either on the hub, bearing race or on the box are sketchy. For that reason I wouldn't even consider buying it online, I want to see it then decide.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

There are suppliers building OE quality parts out of China. GM uses them. It’s hard to say who Timken is sourcing from in China, but I would not assume all of it is low quality.

GM OEM hub bearings are hardly quality. They have plenty of issues from the factory. Japanese and Germans seem to have the bearing life figured out quite well

 

[14Accent]

You didn't name a vendor, or which vehicle you're buying said hub for, but if possible try to avoid anything other than an SKF or Timken. Those guys actually MAKE bearings. MOOG doesn't, Raybestos doesn't.

Just the other day I had a 2005ish Prius come in with a noisy rear hub bearing. No surprise at 200k. My service writer almost ordered an FVP Chinese bearing, but I stopped him and asked him to check WorldPac first. I had him order an Aisin bearing for $3 less, made in Japan. Long story short, not only was the RR bearing loud (the one I replaced with the Aisin), but the LR was also slightly noisy after the job was done. Turns out, we did that bearing 8 months ago with that very FVP I mentioned earlier.

When it comes to hubs and bearings, quality matters.

 

[spasm3]

The ones with no COO either on the hub, bearing race or on the box are sketchy. For that reason I wouldn't even consider buying it online, I want to see it then decide.

I bought timken hubs for the front of my avalanche from amazon. They looked legit. But i've heard that some timken are no longer usa?

 

[Trav]

Those are legit and good quality. There are many part# that are made in the USA usually domestics, others are manufactured with parts from different countries and reboxed Chinese. Other companies like SKF, FAG, and a few others are making hubs in China in their own factories usually for their domestic market but some do find their way to the USA and are good quality.

Timken appears to do some rebranding of no name stuff, not made by them or even specifically for them. Do not let a good old brand name be the deciding factor on purchasing, ditto Moog, they never even made hubs or bearings, they bought National and when the NOS was used up they reboxed crap. So yes you can get a good one from Moog if it happens to be NOS National in the Moog box, the next one may not be the same.
When buying hubs that are not FAG or SKF I want to see the part in person so that sort of rules online orders out for me.

 

[The motor guy]

Any brand name seems about equal. They are all lesser quality than the OE hubs. I haven’t found one excellent brand.

Someone makes the oem hubs unless the car maker specifies that they make that particular part different from the rest. I've heard they do that with tires sometimes.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Iljin seems to be the OE supplier for the hub for OP's car