Best Bearings

[AlaskanWheeler]

I am getting ready to rebuild my front axle and am wondering what are the prefered bearings to use for the rebulid; I have heard a lot of good talk about the Koyo bearings but not a whole lot about Timken bearings. Are the Timkens as good if not better then the Koyo bearings?

 

[CruisinGA]

They are both fine.

Not worth trouble to get one or the other.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

I've used both, currentlly running Koyos on my FJ60, and Timkins on my 40, and 80. Both work fine, the Timkins were a bit easier to get adjusted correctly, not sure why. For the knuckles, I would only use Koyos.

 

[nuclearlemon]

timkens are great bearings and for a short time were even an oem offering on the 80 series. koyos were standard oem.