Rear Hub Bearing part number?

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Originally Posted by klonk

Called in to the brg company we use at work while getting other parts. Asked about the letters, and was told that they usually refer to types of seals, corner radiases on the bearing and circlip grooves. He was abit busy to look up the exact listing.
Also he said a third to a half of the capacity inside the wheel brg is ok to fill with grease.

At work we run five road trains from Albany to the Pilbarra, all the hubs are half full of grease and we've never lost a wheel (touch wood). The company next door also run trucks, they only used to pack the brg and leave the hub empty. They lost ten Wheels last year. (two tyres,two rims and a brakedrum = one wheel x 90 kph).
Thats alot of death and destruction if you get hit doesnt matter what size vehicle you are in. They have now changed that.

Just something to think about next time you see a truck and trailer comming towards you.

Cheers Steve

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Yes your right :o

Back in 1979, a friend and me were driving between Ballarat and Creswick . A large truck appeared - coming towards us . Anyway , when the truck was about 150 metres away, a rear wheel came off the truck, the wheel was headed straight for us :confused:

You can imagine our shock , what to do.

As the wheel got closer, it veered onto the road verge , right in front of us , across our path - it then careered off wildly into the bush .

Mike

I have a confession,the only reason I removed the bearing seal was because I damaged it while fitting.:oops2:
I removed it to straighten it and noticed that there was very little grease, so had to change tac.

Colin. I have those hubs on my boat trailer and I don't grease them much as you stated.

Mike, Bet you have to change the seat as well as your trousers.

cheers Steve

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Originally Posted by rfurzer

I have done a search here on non-gen replacements for the bearing 07296 (or 270604) and popped off to my local bearing bloke for a nice high quality (ie not britpart) bearing. I had SKF or FKC 88128 as the number.

I was then asked 88128-R, -RA or -RB?

which one is it?

Thanks

Russ

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Did anyone ever come up with a final set of alternatives for this bearing? Several different possibilities are tossed about but no one every posted any conclusions. Just curious.

88128R fitted my '56 Series I OK.......the alternative letters after '88128' determine whether there are rubber seals a chip shield or no seal.

I chose the sealed ones (R).

Colin