Counterfeit Bearings

[ArlyA]

We used track pods with many, many bearings in them so the manufacturers reduced there price by putting poor, less costly bearings in them. They'll used $3 ones and they should go for something for more $ that actually have seals in them. They'll only last a few years, then we're out looking for new ones or something that's better than the crap the manufactures installed.. No fun having to drag a lame machine in.... OEM does not necessarily = better

 

[Captain Dirty]

I hit one of those ten for $15 deals a few years ago . . . Put the first set of four in right after I got the. Haven't changed a one since. They've lasted far longer than anything else I tried.

The following story in apocryphal but has a ring of truth: The American Widget Co. goes to a Chinese vendor to supply bearings. The vendor makes thousands of high-quality bearings and wins the contract. Having secured the contract, the vendor starts to incrementally cheapen the bearings. The MBA'a at American Widget see warranty claims rising, investigate, and discover what the vendor is doing. But, the MBA's realize that if they pay the vendor less for inferior bearings, the costs savings will more than pay for the warranty work increase. So everybody (except the consumer) is happy.

If you were lucky enough to get the original, high-quality bearings your widget will run forever. Not many of us are that lucky.

 

[Oldoak]

I was in my john deere dealer getting parts and there was this huge pile of deere parts on the counter, mostly bearings...

EVERY package I looked at said "Made in China"... How many of those do you thing had Mobil grease in them??

SR

None, not in those "Made in China" or "Made in U.S.A." if they were the two piece cup and cone tapered roller bearings. No grease at all, just a coating of oil as a rust preventative. The same with open, non-shielded/non-sealed ball bearings.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

None, not in those "Made in China" or "Made in U.S.A." if they were the two piece cup and cone tapered roller bearings. No grease at all, just a coating of oil as a rust preventative. The same with open, non-shielded/non-sealed ball bearings.

Are you trying to say NONE of the bearings I looked at were sealed???

You'd be wrong about that...

SR

 

[Oldoak]

Are you trying to say NONE of the bearings I looked at were sealed???

You'd be wrong about that...

SR

I didn't say that. I wouldn't know what type of bearings you looked at. You didn't specify. I said if!

 

[John White]

I needed a bearing for my metal cutting band saw. $15 at Applied Power (Bearings Inc) I got 10 of them off Ebay for $10. Look like same bearings used in roller blade skates or skate boards.