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[TAFF]

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Neon
1991
I have a contact at a local Bearing supplier, who has offered me wheel bearings if i can tell him the relevant sizes..

I need front bearings, can anyone offer advice on the relevant bearings ?

thanks in advance

Taff



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Edited by TAFF, 15 April 2009 - 06:37 AM.

[MRA]

I doubt very much that he can get them as cheap for you as a Mini specialist, simply because they are not an "off the shelf" item, depending on the type they have spacers and are a kit of bearings which have been sized together.......

However, you may like to add what type you are after.... i.e front, rear, for drum or disc brake set up and what size of disc brakes you have, i.e 7", 7.5" or 8.4", what type of bearing, ball type or taper roller type.

[TAFF]

I doubt very much that he can get them as cheap for you as a Mini specialist, simply because they are not an "off the shelf" item, depending on the type they have spacers and are a kit of bearings which have been sized together.......

However, you may like to add what type you are after.... i.e front, rear, for drum or disc brake set up and what size of disc brakes you have, i.e 7", 7.5" or 8.4", what type of bearing, ball type or taper roller type.

I need front bearings for my 1991 neon, standard 8.4 discs
as for type "ball or roller " I dont know ?

cheers

[MRA]

Taper would be better for longer life and they will take more abuse. But are generally nore expensive.

[Big_Adam]

simply because they are not an "off the shelf" item,

Errrm ... yes they are. I got mine from my local part shop 2min up the road.

[Dan]

They are an off-the-shelf part if you are a motor factor Adam yes but not if you're an industrial bearing supplier. The bearings are going to be a standard size but the spacers are specifically machined for the tollerances in the Mini hub upright. That means that each bearing pair and their spacer are machined as a matched group of parts to meet the tollerance.

Taper rollers are pretty essential with disc brakes, the discs (except original Cooper 7" discs) space the wheel load an inch further from the hub than it was originally intended to be remember. Unless you have Cooper S wheels. This puts an angular load on the bearing that ball bearings aren't really meant to cope with.

Edited by Dan, 15 April 2009 - 09:46 AM.

[Ethel]

Metros use balls that are interchangeable with Mini tapers & have bigger diameter tyres to create more leverage. I think , as long as the bearings are within the width of the wheel, it will be similar to sitting on a chair: the weight goes straight down the legs in varying proportions & it's only when you hang your bum over the edge that you get a turning moment.

[dklawson]

Regardless, as Dan and Martin have pointed out, the two bearings are supplied with a matching spacer and this makes the bearings "non-standard" as far as an industrial supplier is concerned... regardless of ball or tapered roller.

[manicminilover]

just done my o/s/f wheel bearing, i run a disc setup and what you want is a tapered roller bearing, just go to hytheperformance.co.uk or minispares. £15-£18 including postage. can't go wrong there. specify if you have discs or drums, bearings come with a spacer and all relevant seals and split pins.

[TAFF]

Have rung around local motor factors today, and the cheapest they can do is £40 per side,

no point faffing around, may as well order straight from minispares...

Thanks for all the help lads...

[chuee]

just done my o/s/f wheel bearing, i run a disc setup and what you want is a tapered roller bearing, just go to hytheperformance.co.uk or minispares. £15-£18 including postage. can't go wrong there. specify if you have discs or drums, bearings come with a spacer and all relevant seals and split pins.

If that's Timken, then now over three times the price in just 12 years.