Green Bearings, GOOD OR BAD!!!

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Oct 31, 10 3:25 pm

That was due solely to no maintenance of the screwed trunnion upper and lower swivels,the bottom ones run dry and strip their threads,usually at low speed on a tight lock as the weight comes off them.

moparnutterz · Post by **moparnutterz** » Sun Oct 31, 10 3:39 pm

Thanks Adam. I am using the gaskets and spacers, Baccas built me a clutch type suregrip coz Ive trashed two cone type ones

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Oct 31, 10 3:47 pm

moparnutterz wrote:Thanks Adam. I am using the gaskets and spacers, Baccas built me a clutch type suregrip coz Ive trashed two cone type ones

Were these trashed whilst using the green bearings? , or tapered?

Hey Steve & Dave , you're secrets are now out , moggy minor owners? , LMAO

.............in saying that, i had the use of an old moggy minor van when me MK 1 transit was off the road for a rear diff , loved it but hated bein seen in it.

..................that ole transit was pretty quick with a V6 , had to stick the diesel front grille on for it to fit , was around 1981.

moparnutterz · Post by **moparnutterz** » Sun Oct 31, 10 3:54 pm

The first one I broke 4 yrs ago on tapered bearings and I fitted a new auburn, trashed that this year on green bearings but they were only fitted last year. The car has not done enough on the green bearings to trash the diff it was already on its way as when I did the bearings I changed the oil and the oil was Grey due to the cones wearing

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Oct 31, 10 4:00 pm

moparnutterz wrote:The first one I broke 4 yrs ago on tapered bearings and I fitted a new auburn, trashed that this year on green bearings but they were only fitted last year. The car has not done enough on the green bearings to trash the diff it was already on its way as when I did the bearings I changed the oil and the oil was Grey due to the cones wearing

Like you're avator shows , do you go through lots of water?

, those green bearings use a thin O ring in place of the original internal seal , i've found that O ring to be useless for a seal due to the axle flange being pitted , sometimes they can leak water & ruin the bearing & diff if all is not sealed.

moparnutterz · Post by **moparnutterz** » Sun Oct 31, 10 4:08 pm

The drifting in the water was a one off thing at santa pod Brutus, I never take the car out in the rain, cant understand why the auburn wore out so quick it only did 5000 miles

cha cha · Post by **cha cha** » Sun Oct 31, 10 7:49 pm

Not bearing failure on Morris Minors but the lower trunnion joint. Usually failed because they were checked with the torsion bar loading the joint disguising the wear. Anyway whats wrong with the factory taper bearings?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Oct 31, 10 8:35 pm

cha cha wrote:. Anyway whats wrong with the factory taper bearings?

Nothing.

........................................but if you wanna eliminate preload then go for the greens , fitted correctly there should be no problem...................how many miles do we cover in a year on these ole mopes? , should last a life time , just make sure you have the correct bearing fior the application.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 31, 10 8:43 pm

On a road car I would prefer the standard bearings which are better suited for side loads. I have used Green bearings in several cars (I believe they are Ford origin) with no issues.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Nov 01, 10 8:05 am

Why are they called green bearings?

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Mon Nov 01, 10 8:37 am

I think it's a trademark of the Green Ball Bearing Company.

NaughtyAlan · Post by **NaughtyAlan** » Mon Nov 01, 10 8:55 am

[quote="latil"]
Expect 20K miles on our roads with any sort of heavy foot driving.
Ok

As said before, every modern day car uses roller bearings.
Cant remember the last time i fitted a taper roller

latil · Post by **latil** » Mon Nov 01, 10 9:37 am

NaughtyAlan wrote:
latil wrote: Expect 20K miles on our roads with any sort of heavy foot driving.
Ok

As said before, every modern day car uses roller bearings.
Cant remember the last time i fitted a taper roller
Yep,deep bearing tracks with fat rollers designed to take heavy end loads.

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Mon Nov 01, 10 9:46 am

Taper bearing makes more sense to me, can't see why their is a concern with the pre load.

Will be seeing some Bearing guys this week, as they are setting up a Facility in Mexico & staying in the same hotel. Forget the name, but own FAG, plus numerous other bearing companies.

From what was said to me, there are only a couple of independent bearing manufactures, the rest are owned by the big 2, but continue with their original brand name

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Nov 01, 10 10:00 am

So who are the 2 big bearing boys? SKF and ?

Mopar Muscle Association UK

Green Bearings, GOOD OR BAD!!!

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