What Front Hubs is everyone buying?

[Gordy]

When pricing front hubs for my 01 tahoe 4wd I seem to find a wide range of pricing. The ones I have are originals with 125k on them. I do not want the cheapest if they are not going to last. But I do not think they are worth stealership prices either. Mine pass the slop check, but I have some front end noise that gets louder if turning left or in 4hi. I think its the hubs diff fluid is clean.

Gordy

 

[andrew383]

Timken brand..

 

[07Burb]

Timken all the way. IMO, there's no other way to go. They last longer and perform well. Just did this on the front of my Burb. They'll cost roughly $200 a side but worth the money.

 

[Gordy]

It seems Timken does not offer any warranties where I have priced. Found Timkens for 139.00. Others offer any where from 12/12000 to 24/24000 some even unlimited milage for less dollars. The part is not that big a deal to replace, as long as the part is covered in my eyes. Seen a few posts where new hubs petered out in a year.

 

[MASS-HOE'Z71]

And another one with Timken, great quality and I got mine for free from one of our vendors at work. Asked him one day if they carried em when he was in for a meeting with one of the buyers , didnt say i was goig to buy them or anything and 2 days later thy were on my desk.
I have heard people seeming to like napa brand hubs, typically very good quality, can't beat the price and they have excellent warranties on their stuff

 

[chip]

You can get SKF hubs on EBAY, with a warranty, for under 80 dollars. I replaced both of my fronts and I have no complaints.

 

[07Burb]

How many miles have you had the SKF's on?

 

[chip]

More than 10K miles. I know they've more than paid for themselves.

The way I found out about them, was when I took my truck in to Midas for an allignment, they tried to sell me wheel bearings for a thousand dollars, so I told them to give me a written estimate. I took the part number off the estimate and found the exact same bering assemblies online (The SKF), researched the company, then found the chapest seller of that bearing, bought 'em and did it myself for under $160 for the entire front, done!

 

[07Burb]

More than 10K miles. I know they've more than paid for themselves.

Not bad for the price. The reason I ask is cuz I've heard of some folks going on the cheap with this part and it only lasts them a couple thousand miles before they are replacing them again.

 

[chip]

Yeah, when it comes to parts like these, you definitely don't want to "cheap out", but if you know enough, and do enough research, you can find high quality parts for cheap. It just depends on how much time you want to invest in it.