Rear Hub Bearing ?

Howdy all. ; )

I have a '96 Disco. Noticed a funny noise coming from the rear end. Decided
to take a look. Found oil on right rear inside rim. Definite hub oil seal.
Decided to investigate further. I raised the rear of the vehicle to check
for play in rear wheel, found some, more then normal end float.
I decide to do a bearing rebuild. No sweat. I replaced the bearings with
Timken's. I noticed though that when I replaced the outer races they
previous one's were made in France and the inner races were made in USA. I
failed to inspect the new outer races prior to installing them assuming that
they were a matched set made in USA.
Does anyone see a problem here? I am led to believe that the previous owner
did a shoddy job and never replaced the outer races, thus having 2 different
manufacturing countries and having premature wear.

Comments, Suggestions?

I do not see any problems there. Manufacturing processes may vary but the
tolerances in the sizes would be the same. And overall quality would not
differ.
Frank
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"Jack Kerouac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Howdy all. ; )
>
> I have a '96 Disco. Noticed a funny noise coming from the rear end.
> Decided
> to take a look. Found oil on right rear inside rim. Definite hub oil seal.
> Decided to investigate further. I raised the rear of the vehicle to check
> for play in rear wheel, found some, more then normal end float.
> I decide to do a bearing rebuild. No sweat. I replaced the bearings with
> Timken's. I noticed though that when I replaced the outer races they
> previous one's were made in France and the inner races were made in USA. I
> failed to inspect the new outer races prior to installing them assuming
> that
> they were a matched set made in USA.
> Does anyone see a problem here? I am led to believe that the previous
> owner
> did a shoddy job and never replaced the outer races, thus having 2
> different
> manufacturing countries and having premature wear.
>
> Comments, Suggestions?
>
>

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[email protected] "thesnowbaron" wrote:
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> "Jack Kerouac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:vx3Ad.15197$vF5.8562@trndny07...
> > Howdy all. ; )
> >
> > I have a '96 Disco. Noticed a funny noise coming from the rear end.
> > Decided
> > to take a look. Found oil on right rear inside rim. Definite hub oil seal.
> > Decided to investigate further. I raised the rear of the vehicle to check
> > for play in rear wheel, found some, more then normal end float.
> > I decide to do a bearing rebuild. No sweat. I replaced the bearings with
> > Timken's. I noticed though that when I replaced the outer races they
> > previous one's were made in France and the inner races were made in USA. I
> > failed to inspect the new outer races prior to installing them assuming
> > that
> > they were a matched set made in USA.
> > Does anyone see a problem here? I am led to believe that the previous
> > owner
> > did a shoddy job and never replaced the outer races, thus having 2
> > different
> > manufacturing countries and having premature wear.
> >
> > Comments, Suggestions?
>
> I do not see any problems there. Manufacturing processes may vary but the
> tolerances in the sizes would be the same. And overall quality would not
> differ.

I agree. French and US manufacturers are both good, though I'd suspect
the previous owner of doing a poor job.

It's too long ago to be applicable now, but I once had a bearing fail
within a day. It was Russian-made (in USSR days), but arrived in a
Massey-Ferguson box.

It's worth checking the other wheel bearings. And rear brakes.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

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