Help picking out wheel hub.

[atxjax]

Need to replace a wheel hub on a 03 XLT 4x4 with 4.0L

Looking at Rock Auto and there are so many of them that do not say 4WD on them. Are the 4WD and RWD wheel hub assemblies interchangeable?

I am thinking of going with the DURA INTERNATIONAL Part # 29515050. On the description it says RWD also. Which is why I asked the question above.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Number4]

Bearings are the same for 2wd and 4wd. If you can, get an SKF hub assembly. Nothing is better.

 

[atxjax]

Bearings are the same for 2wd and 4wd. If you can, get an SKF hub assembly. Nothing is better.

When you sau bearing do you mean the hub assembly? If so I wonder why there are so many different part #'s on rock auto.

 

[drdoom]

Front or rear?

 

[atxjax]

Front or rear?

Front........forgot to clarify sorry.

 

[atxjax]

Wound up getting a Driveworks one from Advance Auto. Came out to $106 picke dup at the store. Came with new bolts for both the hub and the brake caliper. Installation went well and so far so good.

 

[Exproblems]

Wound up getting a Driveworks one from Advance Auto. Came out to $106 picke dup at the store. Came with new bolts for both the hub and the brake caliper. Installation went well and so far so good.

You could have gotten a recommended an American made front "Timken" bearing hub assembly from RockAuto.com for $113.00 plus $7 and change for shipping. I just priced them last week. Did you happen to use the $40 off coupon for Advance Auto Parts from www.Couponcabin.com on that Driveworks hub assembly??

 

[atxjax]

You could have gotten a recommended an American made front "Timken" bearing hub assembly from RockAuto.com for $113.00 plus $7 and change for shipping. I just priced them last week. Did you happen to use the $40 off coupon for Advance Auto Parts from www.Couponcabin.com on that Driveworks hub assembly??

Yeah, that was with the discount after taxes and all. I wa sin a time crunch so I couldnt wait on anything from rock auto.

 

[Number4]

You could have gotten a recommended an American made front "Timken" bearing hub assembly from RockAuto.com for $113.00 plus $7 and change for shipping. I just priced them last week. Did you happen to use the $40 off coupon for Advance Auto Parts from www.Couponcabin.com on that Driveworks hub assembly??

I'd done some research on this prior to doing all four of mine. This included contacting manufacturers.

Timken ONLY makes tapered bearings. All Timken bearings that aren't tapered are sourced. I've been told that they have been moving away from putting oe parts in boxes. They only make 10% of what they sell as aftermarket.

Federal Mogul (who sells Moog, National and Precision,) Raybestos, GMB and Drive Works are all value grade product. These are made by reverse engineering with no OE engineering data. These aren't tested to verify that they perform.

SKF's testing of these brands have found that they average 8k - 15k miles before failure. Due to cheaper seals, grease, studs, thinner abs wires, and cheaper steel. Combine this with no testing for oe standards and you end up with a less expensive item at point of sale.

SKF claims their product is tested to last 100k miles or they end up making it themselves (Sourced product.) The actual SKF unit for Explorers average 140k miles while the OE (Ford) are rated for 100k and don't usually last that long.

Amazon $124 (picture does not look like an SKF unit)
Rock Auto $160
NAPA $239

 

[lincolnshibuya]

Federal Mogul (who sells Moog, National and Precision,) Raybestos, GMB and Drive Works are all value grade product. These are made by reverse engineering with no OE engineering data. These aren't tested to verify that they perform.

SKF's testing of these brands have found that they average 8k - 15k miles before failure. Due to cheaper seals, grease, studs, thinner abs wires, and cheaper steel. Combine this with no testing for oe standards and you end up with a less expensive item at point of sale.

lol for the testing , I put in GMB hubs on my front almost 2 years ago and with 24k miles on it it still quite as a new hub. If it's the rear I'd probably buy a Timken.

bought it in amazon 2 yrs ago for $65.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041MEBYO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


https://www.facebook.com/diyfordexp...0528882348605/517145305020292/?type=1&theater

 

[Number4]

The testing would be an average, so some are actually less while others are longer. A few people that have purchased inexpensive hubs have posted that they failed and caused fires. :roll: Probably few and far between though.

 

[atxjax]

Wound up picking one up from Advance Auto. Its the driveworks branded one. After discounts and such it came out to about $105. Nice unit and it came with new caliper bracket bolts and new bolts to mount the unit. Went in with no issue. All working out good.