got a new front unitized wheel bearing for a fwd car. i cannot turn the hub and flange while it is in my hands. is this normal? are new wheel bearings just really tight? or is my china bearing seized?

take it back to the shop you got it from and compare with another new one.

Bought on eBay. I am holding bearing. It is not installed. eBay 100% satisfaction policy Result: annoyed purchaser.

A few months ago, I replaced the bearings an Acura CL. Those bearing did not spin very freely either. Once installed and tire mounted I could spin it at the most one turn. Might as well go forward with the replacement, drive it for a while and re-inspect. You could also go to an auto parts store and…

Regardless what their reasons for changing to the compact ball bearing hubs I consider them a grand step backward in many aspects and their failure rate is at the top of my gripes with them.

Make/model/year? I want to see what they look like on rockauto…

Rod_Knox: Regardless what their reasons for changing to the compact ball bearing hubs I consider them a grand step backward in many aspects and their failure rate is at the top of my gripes with them. According to my Toyota drawings the reason is for reduced rolling resistance. I agree that…

[image] texases: Make/model/year? I want to see what they look like on rockauto… Two weeks ago I needed a FWD wheel bearing/hub with ABS sensor for our old Chevy (250,000+ miles). I didn’t need an OEM part. I ordered a heavy duty bearing from Rock Auto for $33.79 plus shipping. I got it del…

It appears to me that the narrow spacing from the outer to inner bearing causes the single piece hub style bearing to be much less reliable than the old style design using individually serviceable bearings. The narrow spacing requires a much tighter pre-load plus lateral loading stresses them more. …

Rod_Knox: Of course the quality of Chinese bearings is always questionable and most domestic name brand bearings are now sourced to Chinese manufacturers. Yup! I can recall GM’s closure of their Hyatt Bearing factory in Clark, NJ, in the late '80s. GM announced at the time that they were m…

Did you buy the bearing & races only, or did you buy the entire hub, which came pre-installed with a new bearing?

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Motion Industries owns Timken, Fafnir and Torrington bearings and National seals. Most if not all after market bearings from Motion are from Chinese factories they own. And Motion is NAPA.

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