Diff bearings urgently needed

[dnb]

I haven't driven my Griff for 6 weeks and I'm getting more than a little annoyed about it.

Does anyone know where I can get some outer bearings for the output shafts of a GKN diff?
I have tried John Reid and a few of the other "usual suspects" who either couldn't get them this side of Christmas or wanted £90 per bearing - which seems a little on the excessive side since the rest of the bearings are from a Ford P100 pickup truck.

Apparently this particular bearing is made out of hen's teeth, so I am willing to accept bearings with the right outside diameter and height but with an over-size inner diameter so that I can get some collars turned up for the shafts. The first set of such bearings which I bought got lost in the post, (in the same week various friends lost a clutch kit, a set of coilovers and other items... )

Can anyone here help? Please!!!

[odyssey2200]

Get the bearing numbers off the old bearings.

Grab Yellow pages
Look up bearing suppliers, such as Bearing Services and get GKN bearings.

[dnb]

They are obsolete bearings, so no main-stream supplier keeps them in stock. Do you think I didn't try that one?

[adam_rbts]

The outer ball baearings on mine were 6207RSR. Are those the ones you mean? I've got a feeling I had to order the double seal ones (62072RSR?) and remove the inner seal.. or something like that.

If you mean the taper bearings, LM501311, I got those from Acorn Industrial Services..

hope that helps..

[trackcar]

had a thought today aswell Dave .. contact dave porter through his PH profile, he rebuilds a few diffs and might have some bearings for you. worth an email anyway.

[dnb]

Thanks Joo.

The bearing number from mine is 543178. They are sealed on both sides, and were made by FAG.

[spend]

I thought I had pointed that out only recently

[dnb]

Dave, at that point I already had some bearings in the post to me. Shame they were wrong, and an even bigger shame that the replacements went astray and the replacements for the replacements have taken a fortnight to not arrive already. So I've given up with them.

[That Daddy]

https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_... not quite sure about the extra digit but it must be worth a call,and they accept Paypal also if thats of use,i am currently building a GKN unit at the moment its not the bearing prices i find a joke but the front seal is,are you renewing the side bearing retaining collars at the same time dnb? are they still available do you know? i an curious as i am changing all six bearings on my spare unit the numbers Adam rbts as come up with look the same as mine(its at the workshop)i think.

Edited by That Daddy on Friday 5th December 22:53

[dnb]

It's certainly worth a call...
Dave Porter has them in stock, but wasn't able to contact me today to arrange sending them (my company phone provider's fault!). I hope to catch up with him sometime in the next couple of days.

The front seal can be bought at a sensible price from John Reid.

I am indeed replacing the retaining collars, but I had to have new parts made because they didn't appear to be easily available. (Sometimes it's easier to switch the lathe on than phone people...)

[That Daddy]

dnb said:

It's certainly worth a call...
Dave Porter has them in stock, but wasn't able to contact me today to arrange sending them (my company phone provider's fault!). I hope to catch up with him sometime in the next couple of days.

The front seal can be bought at a sensible price from John Reid.

I am indeed replacing the retaining collars, but I had to have new parts made because they didn't appear to be easily available. (Sometimes it's easier to switch the lathe on than phone people...)

Thanks for that info Dnb hope you get your fixed.

[Ballistic Banana]

Be an good addition to the parts list... do we have a positive resource and Number for both Diffs?

BB

[That Daddy]

Ballistic Banana said:

Be an good addition to the parts list... do we have a positive resource and Number for both Diffs?

BB

Thats a good idea,as GKN are no more or so i am lead to believe Hi BB(Simon)

[adam_rbts]

That Daddy said:

https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_... not quite sure about the extra digit but it must be worth a call,and they accept Paypal also if thats of use,i am currently building a GKN unit at the moment its not the bearing prices i find a joke but the front seal is,are you renewing the side bearing retaining collars at the same time dnb? are they still available do you know? i an curious as i am changing all six bearings on my spare unit the numbers Adam rbts as come up with look the same as mine(its at the workshop)i think.

Just be careful on these outer bearings.. When I pushed mine onto the output shaft it wouldn't sit all the way down. Had to destroy it to get it off!
Turned out the original bearing had been radiused on the inside race to clear the large radius between the drive flange and the output shaft. Had to do the same..

Edited by adam_rbts on Monday 8th December 12:18

[That Daddy]

adam_rbts said:

That Daddy said:

https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_... not quite sure about the extra digit but it must be worth a call,and they accept Paypal also if thats of use,i am currently building a GKN unit at the moment its not the bearing prices i find a joke but the front seal is,are you renewing the side bearing retaining collars at the same time dnb? are they still available do you know? i an curious as i am changing all six bearings on my spare unit the numbers Adam rbts as come up with look the same as mine(its at the workshop)i think.

Just be careful on these outer bearings.. When I pushed mine onto the output shaft it wouldn't sit all the way down. Had to destroy it to get it off!
Turned out the original bearing had been radiused on the inside race to clear the large radius between the drive flange and the output shaft. Had to do the same..

Edited by adam_rbts on Monday 8th December 12:18

Thanks,i will check that on rebuild got to do a dummy build 1st to measure the spacer required to replace collapsible spacer.