Getting aggravated now....

Could anyone please recommend a reputable place to get a pair of Genuine GKN VCU bearings please.
When I changed the VC a while back, I bought a pair of Britpart items, big mistake! Bit the bullet and bought a pair from the local stealer, sypmtoms all cured but they lasted a year and the rubber fell apart. Latest pair were supposedly GKNs from John Craddock, and they are shot to bits barely a year later, rubber splitting and the bearings trashed.
All sets were correctly pressed on, with water flingers and the VC was aligned under the car, the original ones were replaced as a matter of coarse, and were perfect at 70K. Neither of the last pairs had any GKN markings on them, not sure if they should have?? getting a little tedious now, changing them every year, always this time of year when its about to snow!

Any recommendations please from satisfied customers??

Island 4x4 never let me down
Got my gkn ones from them fag bearings

I'll give them a look, none of the ones I've bought have had FAG bearings in them, apart from the Britpart ones cos I fitted them to shut them up! Only to find the crap rubber made the car shake at 60..
I think now you say it Singvogel has spoke of Island 4x4 before....?
Cheers

Got mine from them. Gkn fag bearings

Was your VCU new? I only ask because I cam across a recon VCU that I can only assume wasn't filled correctly as it ran out of balance by some margin. This put excessive load on the rubber dampers supporting the bearings. Or maybe you have a stiff UJ on the prop. OE mounts should last more than a year.

I had a recon vcu

Nodge68 said:

Was your VCU new? I only ask because I cam across a recon VCU that I can only assume wasn't filled correctly as it ran out of balance by some margin. This put excessive load on the rubber dampers supporting the bearings. Or maybe you have a stiff UJ on the prop. OE mounts should last more than a year.

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The VCU was a recon unit from Bell Engineering, UJs all seem fine, free and in good nick, bushes on the diff also in good nick. The original OE ones were in good nick at 70K and only changed as it was all in bits, the second set bought from the dealer didn't look like GKNs to be perfectly honest but I guessed they must be good given the stupid price.... maybe someone is pulling pants down with them??