Wheel bearings
Wheel bearings
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ordwood

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42 posts

115 months

Sunday 4th June 2017
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Sadly had one of the rear wheel bearings fail yesterday morning so have spent a fair bit of time searching for a replacement.

TVR parts have one (C0425) which is around £83 plus p+p which would be the easiest way to go, however it does appear that there are savings to be made buying through eBay.

The issue is that I appreciate the original part is a "Jeep" unit but so far I've found 2 different model and years so need to be sure I'm getting the correct bearing.

Has anyone bought one of the non TVR parts suppliers bearings and if so can you advise the original Jeep part number.

I've seen both Jeep Grand Cherokee 93-98 (OEM# 53007449, 53007449AB) and the JEEP Grand Cherokee 1999-2004 (OEM 5016458AA) and just found another (OEM52098679)


The Nige

177 posts

211 months

Sunday 4th June 2017
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Hi

Fitted one on Friday. From USAutomotive - Wheel bearing product code ABS513084 Total £49.95
HTH

Nigel

ordwood

Original Poster:

42 posts

115 months

Sunday 4th June 2017
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Fantastic, thanks for that.

How easy was it to fit ? Did you have any trouble getting the 3 Allen bolts out ? Then how easy did the unit come away from the upright ?

Sorry for all the questions but would help a lot.

Cheers,

Pete

The Nige

177 posts

211 months

Sunday 4th June 2017
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The big nut in the centre was a bit of a struggle, the rest not so much, i followed as in this link.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

The three cap head/allen bolts are 10mm, covered in thread lock they came off with a struggle too.

I also found this quite handy.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=61...

HTH

nigel




ordwood

Original Poster:

42 posts

115 months

Monday 5th June 2017
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Thanks again Nigel,

New bearing ordered so will strip it all down later on.

Cheers,

Pete

Shanksy87

389 posts

144 months

Monday 5th June 2017
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I went the USAutomotive route also, no problems to note in the past year. 1-2 hours work if all goes smoothly.