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Grand Prix wheel hub assembly ????

loopy smurf said:
The guy with Detroit Axle mentioned that he put them in the rear, not the front. Failure rates on the rear are MUCH lower due to the lower stresses back there (not bearing the weight of the drivetrain/not dealing with the torque from the tranny), so they may be great in the rear (wow...that sounded bad...). I wouldn't mind putting cheapos in the back of the car, but for the front, I want something a bit more substantial.
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For what it is worth, the only bearing failure I have had to date was in the rear.
 




Anyone noticed that these warranties have been changing? When I first did hubs everything was a 1 year warranty, even timken had a 1 yr warranty which is why I got the duralast from AZ. When those failed in no time at all I went with SKF, which at the time had 1yr warranty. Less than a year later, I had an ABS sensor failure and started shopping again. Now SKF has 3 year, Timken has 3 year and Moog has 3 year. WTF? I swear this is true, I remember vividly comparing timken to duralast at our local Autozone, and checking different brands at advance. First swapped hubs about 6 years ago.

Another point of fact, I bought my SKFs from Amazon, when the abs sensor failed I could not get a response from SKF to replace it under warranty,and amazon would not help. Buy from a local store so you can return them.
 
i did my first hub like 4 years ago, timken had a 3 year warranty, duralast one year, or less iirc.

ive used that timken warranty 3 times too.
 


I did research on them previuosly and the durability reviews were poor at best. Most lasting less than 10k miles. Chinese bearings with Chinese quality.
 
Someone should build knuckles for GPs that will accept bearings from big trucks or something, if we could find a bearing that would accept our axles. This is my number one complaint about my GP. Sick of dealing with them.
 
Everyone on facebook swears by them, I wont put that junk on any of my family's cars. I can get a moog with a 3yr warranty at advanced for decent cost plus i can go swap it same day and not have to hassle with an ebay seller and shipping times
 


Aeroheadcww said:
Someone should build knuckles for GPs that will accept bearings from big trucks or something, if we could find a bearing that would accept our axles. This is my number one complaint about my GP. Sick of dealing with them.
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those fail too. my 03 2500 hd 8 lug gmc went through 4 pairs of hubs, those run 300 a hub, nothing compared to a w body hub.
 
Russosaur said:
Everyone on facebook swears by them, I wont put that junk on any of my family's cars. I can get a moog with a 3yr warranty at advanced for decent cost plus i can go swap it same day and not have to hassle with an ebay seller and shipping times
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The keyword is Facebook. That place has more idiots than it does anything else.
 
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