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As stated, Timken is NOT what it used to be. They are definately not all made in USA anymore. If you think they are, you are just kidding yourself.
The Japanese make very good products to give you my 2 cents. Much better than Chinese made parts. I would not hesitate to use a Federal Mogul, I have used a bunch of them from when I bought out OMC inventories, and have personally never had a problem.
All that Im saying is, if you are buying strictly because you think its made in the USA, its not. Timken is still likely the leader in bearings, but I think it will take a decade or so to determine how the quality is now. You don’t know until you run them a while. The original Timkens in many of our motors obviously did well, considering the age they are that we are just replacing them now.