Axle god !

[Carl]

The way I see it is they wouldnt be in buseness today if they didnt standb by what they preach.

I got them and have no issues with them but can understand your concern.

[Mossy68]

The way I see it is they wouldnt be in buseness today if they didnt standb by what they preach.

I got them and have no issues with them but can understand your concern.

Lol. Got no concern mate. Just wanted to see if what I heard had any merit.
Already got bearings anyway.

[Blue]

There are also benefits to a non tapered bearing, which is no doubt why the OEM's have been using them for years. They turn with less drag, never need greasing and never need adjusting and they don't leak, what's not to like? It's only because Chrysler were behind the times in continuing to use tapered bearings that we are even having this conversation....

[Scooby]

Green Bearings....

Yep had them put in mine by Bacca about 5 years ago....as Blue says fit only once and don't worry about them again...if you want to keep it all factory...well that's your choice.......
Rich..

[ANTON]

I put green bearing in my car fives years ago and have never had a problem. They are great to fit and need no maintainance.

[Dave999]

Green is just the make like torrington or SKF

anyway Toyota Dyna trucks use Green "ball" bearings

that seems like a decent recommendation given their load carrying capacity

however i think the type of bearing is chosen based not on load carrying capacity but due to the method used to keep the axles in the housing, but i haven't got anything to back that up. its a guess

i'd expect OEM ball bearing axles to have some kind of centre location thing like C clips. that stop movement in either direction. not just one like the positive stop in the middle of the hemisphere used on Mopars.
the mopar cones are designed to do support and resist lateral movement,
a ball bearing doesn't necesarily do that as well, so i think you'd use another style of axle locating thing with them.

a ball bearing crammed into the space where a cone bearing was, by design supports the weight and latteral forces of the car on a much smaller surface area.

so by the very nature of the design, unless materials have changed significantly, the ball bearing will wear faster.

but probably not fast enough to bother anyone.

and less contact means less heat and lower rolling resistance, especially as you don't pre load them.


anyone who has used a skateboard knows that 601 deep groove ballbearings are fast, they have a low rolling resistance
but they also know you can trash a $80 set of ceramic medical/catering grade bearings just as fast as you can a set of un certified chinese bearings

becasue the vary nature of propelling the board along drives the ball bearings into a situation they were not desgned for.

massive latteral forces causing each pair to run out of true with each other due to housing deformation and axle flex

ball bearings designed to be shaft mounted and run parrallel to each other supporting a force perpendicular to the shaft they are mounted on.


minature cone and roller bearings would sort out the longevity problem but would of course need some pre load which would increase their rolling resistance to a level only good for beginners i.e a very slow board

I'll stick with the cone and rollers. someone at borg warner and somone at Chrylser thought this was a good idea

Dave