just repacking and checking the wifes LX, and both sides had Timken bearings. rig only has 80,000 miles
I thought OEM was Koyo? unless they had been changed before we got the rig at 58,000 miles
I bought OEM bearing replacements from the dealer for spares in case I needed one when I got the hubs apart for re-packing. I opened up the Toyota box to check them out and they are Timkens, which I was happy about, BUT, I think I could have just gone and bought timkens from a bearing supplier for waaaaaay less than what I paid for them from the dealer ........and I would have if I knew that's what the dealer was selling me.
I wonder if Timken uses different specs for toyota. Timken is a huge bearing supplier, but I know they make bearings to order, which I assume they use Toyota specs for production.
The Timken website has a lookup feature for finding Timken bearing and seal numbers for a specific application on a specific vehicle. I usually go to Autozone with that, they don't have Timken numbers in their computer, but they stock them by Timken number. And I can return them if I get to the bearing and it looks good.
I use a lot of bearings on machinery, my vendors feel that Timken is better than Koyo, but I wouldn't hesitate to use either on my cars.
Timken is inferior to koyo but oem koyo from partsgeek.com i just ordered mine and the 54 mm sst 09607-60020 from cost plus tools 23 and 12 ship...
I love my cruiser so it get JAPAN parts only
Ed
