Re: [Amc-list] It's time for round tires (another Rambler on the road)!

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >    I likewise am still running Timken wheel bearings in the front of my 
> American that can out of a very rusty 68 American I parted that only had 43k on 
> it. They too were like new, all the finish on the races shone like new.
> >   My rotors had new races in place, so I packed the 68 era Timkens and put 
> them in. I'd bet they are made of better metal than half the crap you get now a 
> days.
> 
> Me too! I was almost too afraid to say that... :-) I used to pop
> in new wheel bearings far too often. Now I pop 'em at suitable
> intervals (new rotors, whatever, wipe clean and inspect, and
> repack with new seals. The 63 AMerican has the old bearings in
> there, they were Timken and in excellent shape.
> 
> Sheesh, do we have to packrat all old iron today?!

We only have to packrat the old stuff if we don't trust the new!
I know that with all the "local" stores killed off by Advance etc; that the only way to get any Timkens is to order them.
If I have good Timkens, I'm not about to toss them for "made in chinas".
  
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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"> 
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