Saturday Night Racer - Wheel bearings

Meneley1 Ex Member	Wheel bearings 01/03/12 at 7:07pm Does anybody sell bearings that are made in the U.S.A. anymore? Seems like just about all of the local part stores carry overseas bearings now. Where is the best place to find good quality bearings?
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sj_valley_dave LMR God Offline Love the smell of nitro in the air Posts: 1700	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #1 - 01/03/12 at 7:29pm I'll try and find out where we got our last ones...They were a mix, some made in USA and some in Canada...
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hogracer3d LMR God Offline We bust our a$$ to kick yours-!!! Posts: 3933	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #2 - 01/03/12 at 8:54pm Are Timkin imported now?
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sj_valley_dave LMR God Offline Love the smell of nitro in the air Posts: 1700	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #3 - 01/03/12 at 9:30pm I think Timkins are still made here....
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hogracer3d LMR God Offline We bust our a$$ to kick yours-!!! Posts: 3933	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #4 - 01/03/12 at 9:55pm I was flabbergasted that a single floater hub bearing at a Auto Zone was like $60 last year, and you know all of theirs are imported
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sj_valley_dave LMR God Offline Love the smell of nitro in the air Posts: 1700	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #5 - 01/03/12 at 10:01pm We go to Gordon Industrial Supply in Fresno...They are the type of place where you can still get drill bits made in the USA...LOL...pricey as heck though..
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hogracer3d LMR God Offline We bust our a$$ to kick yours-!!! Posts: 3933	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #6 - 01/03/12 at 10:09pm There used to be a King Bearing in Ridgecrest that served the China Lake Base and the Trona Plant, but lost the contract and went south. Man, they used to have the deals, a ball cap and t-shirt, and somebody else paid for all our stuff... Lol
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CaliforniaPickle14B LMR God Offline Drive A Dirt Sport Mod Have A Blast Posts: 888 Madera CA	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #7 - 01/03/12 at 11:10pm SAIS bearing supply out of dos palos ca off hwy 33 they sell allkinds of bearing imported and made in usa and can get u what u need or try marfab in los banos ca they can help too SAIS Bearing Supply Inc 18015 State Highway 33 Dos Palos, CA 93620-9620 (209) 387-4161 Marfab 1025 I Street Los Banos, CA 93635-4382 (209) 826-6700
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Re: Wheel bearings
Reply #8 - 01/04/12 at 8:18am

My dad worked for Timkin in Canton, Ohio for a short time right out of high school. That was in the late 1930s. I believe they're made overseas now.
I'm looking for bearings right now, USA made, for my Speedway Engineering 9" rearend. Ones in now are Taiwan made. Howe, which is one of the most dedicated American made parts builders, has one bearing for one of their parts that they still can't get USA built. Sad situation.

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OLD SCHOOL#6 LMR God Offline CHEVY RUMBLE !! Posts: 2452	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #9 - 01/04/12 at 8:32am Hey Bobby --- Just took a walk down to Coast Clutch and Brake, Betteravia Rd., Santa Maria. They stock Timkin and say "most" Timkin bearings are still made in USA. They also told me that "no" bearing supplier is 100% USA anymore. This is the same information I got from Applied Industrial Tec (old Bearing Supply), here in SM..............
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formercrewguy LMR God Offline The shrub brothers are punks Posts: 4293 Arizona	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #10 - 01/04/12 at 9:11am Michigan Bearings are made in the USA.
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over4t LMR God Offline Leaf lifer Posts: 1113	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #11 - 01/04/12 at 11:17am Just picked up my Timken rear end bearings at NAPA and was pleasantly surprised to find they were American made. Were about $4 a piece more than the foreign stuff. I do feel for the 10 year old in Taiwan or India whose job I may have put in danger.....not!!!
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Meneley1 Ex Member	Re: Wheel bearings Reply #12 - 01/04/12 at 2:02pm Thanks for all of the info, appreciate it.
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