Front Wheel Bearing Part Numbers

[gsxr]

If you have any need for stuff from Rock, their Timken prices are lower, although shipping ain't freeeeee:

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1118825

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1118703

https://www.rockauto.com/en/partsearch/?partnum=0199978847


For the seals: Elring is usually good stuff, ditto for SKF. Rein is likely reboxed OEM and worth a try. DPH would be my last choice.

FWIW, when I purchased SKF in the past few years, one time SKF had reboxed OE CFW in the box with the Star logo ground off; another time SKF had reboxed Elring seals.


While generally a higher price indicates better kwality, $79 octillion per seal seems excessive (link), even more than the $30/ea MSRP of OE. Screenshot below, as I assume they'll fix this eventually.

 

[Jlaa]

Yes keep after the DIY! Buying tools etc is a wise investment and no better hands than your own to fettle at the car. My motley fleet would not exist at all if I had to pay shop rates and trust that they could repair it without "swapagnostics" in the first instance.

I am headed off into the land of the unknown. @kiev do you recommend the digital gauge (do you have a link) that you ultimately purchased?

Otherwise, gang, would this gauge work? Note that you can choose between two models - 0.005”/0.01mm and 0.00005”/0.001mm for the same price. Why wouldn’t everyone just buy the latter one? I must be missing something obvious.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DRCV3NZ/

 

[gsxr]

As noted earlier, for wheel bearings, I would strongly prefer an analog gauge so you can watch the needle movement. Can't do that with digital. Think of it as a Becker dial gauge.

 

[Jlaa]

As noted earlier, for wheel bearings, I would strongly prefer an analog gauge so you can watch the needle movement. Can't do that with digital. Think of it as a Becker dial gauge.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Ok got it, thanks.

 

[Kyiv]

I am headed off into the land of the unknown. @kiev do you recommend the digital gauge (do you have a link) that you ultimately purchased?

Otherwise, gang, would this gauge work? Note that you can choose between two models - 0.005”/0.01mm and 0.00005”/0.001mm for the same price. Why wouldn’t everyone just buy the latter one? I must be missing something obvious.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DRCV3NZ/

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I can attest to the above Dave's recommendation: analog gauge is the way to go. My going with a digital gauge turned out to be misarsble - no needle movent sucks big time trying to aim for that 0.02-0.03 mm.

 

[Jlaa]

For the front wheel bearings, Timken from Amazon is really inexpensive --- even less today in 2021 than what post #6 shows Autozone selling them at in 2013. I will get a set from Amazon and see what the country of origin is......

If you have any need for stuff from Rock [RockAuto], their Timken prices are lower, although shipping ain't freeeeee:

For what it is worth, I got Timken Set 12 and Set 17 from Amazon and verified that they are made in the USA. I returned those bearings, bought the same set from Rock Auto, and the Rock Auto set is also made in the USA.

 

[gerryvz]

Yep, I've always been satisfied with Timken, and had good luck with them. They are avaialble also at NAPA stores, at least from my experience.

 

[Jlaa]

Yep, I've always been satisfied with Timken, and had good luck with them. They are avaialble also at NAPA stores, at least from my experience.

Really? I was unable to find Timkens on NAPA’s website last week …..

 

[gerryvz]

I got them some years ago for my 560SEC at a NAPA store, when I lived in Texas.

Here's my local NAPA, they seem to carry them (or at least allow you to order them).

 

[Jlaa]

I got them some years ago for my 560SEC at a NAPA store, when I lived in Texas.

Here's my local NAPA, they seem to carry them (or at least allow you to order them).
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Interesting. What I realize now is that TIMKEN SET12 doesn't seem to return anything (which was causing me to write off NAPA) ... but TIMKEN SET17 does return a result...

 

[gsxr]

Bad search engines can make some eCommerce sites unusable.

Rock has SET17 for $6, NAPA is $13 less whatever qpon they're offering...

 

[Jlaa]

Does anyone have pictures of how the RF suppressor mounts in earlier w124s to the front hub / bearing assembly? I may have accidentally purchased two suppressors when my car does not require them. I looked here and could not find any pictures of the suppressor. Index of /images/W124_suspension/wheel_bearings_front

 

[gsxr]

These were removed as a cost-reduction effort, as of 10/92 or so:

 

[gerryvz]

The suppressor's round barrel just pushes into the hole in the center of the stub axle.

My E500 does not have them; my 1989 560SEC DOES have them.

 

[Jlaa]

@gerryvz @gsxr thank you! I found this picture as well, archived here now, in case anyone wishes in the future to add cost back to their 034/036….

 

[Jlaa]

The suppressor's round barrel just pushes into the hole in the center of the stub axle.

My E500 does not have them; my 1989 560SEC DOES have them.

@gerryvz does your w126 have the weird triangular washer as well? As many 036s do NOT have the triangle washer, I am just wondering if the RF noise suppressor is supposed to work with the washer or if the washer is irrelevant to the function if the RF noise suppressor.

 

[gsxr]

IIRC, the washer was eliminated on the R129/V8 spindles... the washer should be present on all 4/5/6-cyl models of the 124.

The RF suppressor was discontinued separately.

 

[gerryvz]

I do not recall/believe that my SEC has the triangle washer, no.

 

[Jlaa]

The old bearing on my car that I just removed was Timken which means someone changed it before I acquired the car 5 years ago.

FYI @kiev - The front wheel bearings on my car that I just replaced were made by Timken ENGLAND. I doubt that anyone has replaced the FWBs on my car prior to my ownership, so it is possible that the original part was Timken.

 

[Kyiv]

FYI @kiev - The front wheel bearings on my car that I just replaced were made by Timken ENGLAND. I doubt that anyone has replaced the FWBs on my car prior to my ownership, so it is possible that the original part was Timken.

Thanks mate! I saw your post and immediately remembered my incorrect assumption