Rear wheel bearing

[steve-V8s]

Anybody tell me which model Ford the rear wheel bearing on a 98 500 is from please. Also what is the front bottom ball joint from.

Thanks

[carsy]

Yes and top ball joints please.

[clive f]

hmmm, from memory top front ball joint is a saab part, wheel bearings are ford cosworth sierra or 4 x4 not sure which.

[Pupp]

Rear bearings are 4x4 Sierra - QWB533 or LBK8294 are the right size but watch out for the axle nuts as they are LHT on the n/s and RHT on the o/s so kits might be side specific

[steve-V8s]

Thank you for that.
As you say the kits appear to be handed and that number is for the Right, should be able to track down the other side using that number however.

[BliarOut]

clive f said:

hmmm, from memory top front ball joint is a saab part, wheel bearings are ford cosworth sierra or 4 x4 not sure which.

It is, but the ones you can buy now are slightly beefier than they used to be so it *might* be necessary to grind the end of the wishbone a fraction to get the right geo on.

[330p4]

Front top ball joint is saab & bottom Lada Niva
Ian

[v8sag]

I really do despair the number of times this topic comes up

Top bj's are Saab 99 but check against your current fitment as some can foul the wishbone.

Bottom's, I would purchase from a TVR parts supplier. They are not Lada, but Fiat 125, however there has been a number of failures down to poor production and less articulating radius movement.

[macdeb]

To be fair, the search engine on here isn't the best.

[Barkychoc]

If you can get them the original top balljoints as used by TVR are manufactured by Lemforder.