wheel bearings stamped china!

[Mjpmark]

The more i see that car, the more i want one. Epic!

[spatz]

get someone to take your hubs apart and I am sure you will learn that the bearings are standard size and then source the replacement from
german manufacturers.

[Steve_D]

To me the picture looks to be a hub rather than a bearing. Get to the actual bearing and find the size.

In my last job we were buying bearings from China for the Navy. At over 1.5M in diameter nobody else would/could make them. Very nice they were too.

Steve

[V8 Vum]

I have to say, despite all the previous slightly negative banter here, that your car looks fantastic!

It looks modern and well finished. Congrats!

Keith

[CPDMotorsport]

The problem may not actually be the manufacurer of the bearings.

Firstly were the bearings tightened in to the correct torque? If the were even a little under tightened they will be knackered within a few miles.

Secondly if you're hubs and wheels are running more offset than the bearings were designed to run with then it will put an enormous extra twisting load into the bearings and ruin them pretty quickly.

Do you know what the current kingpin/contact patch offset is for the car?

I wouldn't jump to conclusions and just blame the Chinese.

[C Lee Farquar]

Don't know about Chinese, you look next to a McDonalds to me, if your photo is where I think is it.

Fantastic looking car, I'll be keeping an eye out when travelling nearby

[trackerjack]

I used to work for a large toolmaking firm and we used to do work from Ford to Bentley and many of the tools were made in China as will your German ones probably!

[GTRCLIVE]

Steve_D said:

To me the picture looks to be a hub rather than a bearing. Get to the actual bearing and find the size.

In my last job we were buying bearings from China for the Navy. At over 1.5M in diameter nobody else would/could make them. Very nice they were too.

Steve

C4 Corvette Front wheel Hub/Bearing is a one piece unit that just bolts into the Upright. Nice and simple construction that's why I've used C5 units there basicaly the same construction, and only $120 each. You pay more than that just for the GKN front stub axles on a GTR let alone the bearings, spacers, dust covers and the fact you have to machine the upright to very close tolerances to stop the bearings from falling out when the hubs get warmed up. All that cost money and if its good enough for a 1.6 ton corvette then its going to be fine for a 1ton kit car. Aslong as there made right by the manufacturer that is.

[Mr2Mike]

Well this is a confusing thread, has it somehow become split from another thread?

[singlecoil]

Mr2Mike said:

Well this is a confusing thread, has it somehow become split from another thread?

I'm guessing that, as the index says Craig7L, that he made the first post and has since deleted it. As it was him, I'm also going to guess that it's something to do with RCR

[Stig]

singlecoil said:

I'm guessing that, as the index says Craig7L, that he made the first post and has since deleted it. As it was him, I'm also going to guess that it's something to do with RCR

He did.

The Aspira RCR thing is better than Eastenders

[CPDMotorsport]

RCR?

Whats going on here? All very strange.

I noticed ome odd comment he made about the Ultima, sounds like a t least a mildly interesting back story.