Hello - I'm going to be replacing by wheel bearing and I'm wondering if I should go oem, or aftermarket. Rock Auto has some made by a company named Timken. Anyone every heard of them?

 

timken bearing are great, but just get a used spindle you will be better off and it weill be less costly to do so as well

 

Good choice on timkens

 

Timken is the premier bearing maker in the USA, been doing it for many, many, many years.

 

isnt the oem bearing timken?

 

which ever one you decide to get... make sure you get the matching spindle. Different manufactures use a slightly different diameter on the spindle. Ask me cause I have first hand experience with it.
bought a bearing from one of the vendors on here. It did't accept my factory spindle. in fact my factory spindle was too large. Went to the local nissan dealership, tried a new bearing in and my used factory spindle was too small.
:Lesson? purchase them as a set. save yourself a pile of greif and loads of downtime.

edit: the vendor was super nice about it and refunded my money for the bearing that I purchased from them. They weren't sure why I had such trouble. new bearing should be purchased with the matching manufacture spindle.

 

On average, how much would a bearing job run?

 

20 bucks (if that) if you bring it to press the old out and the new in. maybe 60-70 + the cost of the part to do the whole job. a side takes about an hour, or less.

 

i did mine myself cause i work at nissan but if you take the spindle/knuckle off yourself, you could have some local shop press it out/in for no more than 40-50$ DEALERS WILL CUT YOUR WALLET OPEN THOUGH, THAT IS TRUTH FROM THE INSIDE.

 

not just dealers, any shop will do that too..

 

Doubt it since the car is made in Japan. NSK or SKF are probably OEM. Then there's Koyo and NTN too. Probably more, but those are the ones I know.

I used the NSK bearing when I did mine. Got it at Advance.

Wheel bearing thread

 

if its a rear bearing you need i have a spare rear wheel hub with good oem bearing already pressed in. PM me

 

I recommend doing both sides at once. In the past 3 years i've changed a bearing about every 9 months on alternate sides every time... The last time i did it (about a month ago) i changed both sides at once. Since then my ride has been alot smoother and stable than normal. I would recommend doing both sides at once. Not necessarily replacing both hubs if you dont have to but like the person above said, Make sure you get the right one if you do. If the hub is no longer tight to the bearing you may want to consider getting a new hub because its probably worn out and scorred on the inside. It will wiggle if its bad. My shop around here pressed it for about $50, got the bearing for $25 and a new hub for about $60. youll have to buy two seals as well. those are about 7 bucks. Good luck man

 

Any shop would but I'm just putting in that dealerships would charge you more than a local shop would, just giving you guys an insight because I work at the nissan dealer in my town. But yeah I order'd my wheel hub and bearing off of autopartswharehouse for cheap bro, if you google online coupons then you'll find some promo codes hope everything works out bro.

 

When I did my front bearings last winter, I initially ordered seals and bearings via Amazon.com. The Timken bearings I received were the correct part number per a catalog search, but did not have integrated dust seals, which I found odd.The dimension appeared correct, but I sent them back and ordered NSK bearings from another supplier-which of course did have an integrated seal(not to be confused with the grease seal). No doubt Timken also makes a correct high quality bearing with integrated dust seal, but I'd suggest anyone ordering them verify what you're getting. Is the dust seal absolutely necessary ? Probably not, but it's abscence sure makes it easier for debris to get to the inner surfaces. I'll simply order NSKs next time. The Timken grease seals were fine btw.