Re: Roller Bearings – brand preference ?

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I bought a 1982 Ford F100. During service work I noticed it had Japanese made bearings.I Never had a problem with them. Bought a 2005 GMC pickup and both front wheel bearings went bad at $724 each. Left at 40,000 Right at 60,000 of light use as a personal vehicle.
Timken used to make the steel that went into their bearings, recently split into steel company and bearing company. Many brands of bearings and seals have common ownership and not all are US based. Many years of imbalance of trade have left wads of US dollars overseas and the USA is only place to spend them. USA is a high wage place so everyone
takes work to where wages are lower. It is all part of the shift to a so called "Post Industrial
Economy" Whatever that is or will be it is not a job market favoring those who work with
their hands.