Best Knuckle Rebuild kit??

[fjatheart]

What experience have you guys had with different knuckle rebuild kits out there? TPI has a complete kit, but it is the most expense I've seen, but they also provide quality products.

Any experience with CCOT, YUKON, Just Differentials.com?

Not looking for the cheapest, but the best quality at a competitive price.

Thanks!

 

[cruiserbrett]

cruiseroutfitters.com

 

[3_puppies]

cruiseroutfitters.com

Kurt is the man, use the Marlin seals.

 

[PabloCruise]

I think only the Toyota OEM (think cruiserdan) will get you all the different thickness shims...

 

[K2KK]

cruiseroutfitters.com

x3 Cruiseroutfitters.

 

[greytandy]

Got my complete kit from CruiserDan. You can't go wrong with OEM. Cruiseroutfitters carries good stuff too.

 

[Tankota]

Yep, cruiseroutfitters with the marlin seals from cruiseroutfitters also. They are koyo bearings and he has excellent service and a really good price too.

 

[fjatheart]

cruiseroutfitters is is!! Just ordered the kit with Koyo bearings. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

 

[pbgbottle]

called kurt just now, he said he is out of the large knuckle rebuild kits . maybe a week or two away .

now what do i do , marlin sells NSK trunion bearings .any body know anything about these bearings. ? and marlin kits .?

 

[jfrench]

On a similar note...is there any difference between the kit offered by cruiseroutfitters and marlin crawler other than the knuckle bearings? I guess cruiseroutfitters is $2 more.

Since I already ordered the marlin kit I'm interested to hear about anyone's experience with the NGK bearings as well.

 

[mikealeus]

Not familiar with Marlin's kits but there seals are an upgrade. I went with Kurt's kit from Cruiseroutfitters and the seals from Marlin.

 

[pbgbottle]

Me too! i held off on ordering marlins kit , because of the different bearings .
i am doing the knuckle swap to mini knuckle and wanted to setup the shims and preload using the koyos just incase there is something slightly different between the two brand of bearings.
i did order the inner seals tho . Kurt also sells marlins heavy duty inner axle seal ,or at least thats what i thought he said ? is he still out of the knuckle kits?

anybody know the difference between the two bearings. i found the NSK local to me .

On a similar note...is there any difference between the kit offered by cruiseroutfitters and marlin crawler other than the knuckle bearings? I guess cruiseroutfitters is $2 more.

Since I already ordered the marlin kit I'm interested to hear about anyone's experience with the NGK bearings as well.

 

[rsc71]

thought i read something about the tapers being different ...and one might hold up to larger tires better?i ordered 2 kits from him about 2 weeks ,would got the marlin seals in one of them if i had known he carried them.one of my axles already has the marlins in it

 

[BrianSanDiego]

I just ordered a Marlin kit and seals and have it ready to go in. I can give part numbers off the NSK bearings, seals, or whatever if anyone wants them.
B.

 

[pbgbottle]

i would like the NSK # please . any chance of a pic of the bearing .

what number is stamped on the bearing?
and what number is stamped on the box?
also how many rollers?

 

[BrianSanDiego]

Sure bro'
Give me a few minutes here...

K, here ya go!

 

[BrianSanDiego]

and the rest of the kit... Now if it would only put itself in!! LOL
B.

 

[BrianSanDiego]

oops, just realized I left the trick Marlin axle seals out of the photos. they look WAY better than the stock ones shown in the photos. Can post a pic if anyone wants.
B.

 

[pbgbottle]

thank you very much

 

[Dirtsquirt]

nsk

Dont be afraid of NSK bearings. Top quality.
I work on 450,000 dollar pieces of equipment every day
and Nsk bearing are everywhere.