Thread: Chinese wheel bearings

My tandem trailer has chinese wheel bearings. Has done about 5000km so far, but I don't think I would trust them for another trip...

After further research and dummy spits it turns out the bearings are japanese (but of unknown brand) and the seals are chinese.
The brand is Malex, now to research.
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blaze

still of question quallity I feel, link to company info
Malex Motion Pte Ltd - Singapore - Manufacturer
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blaze

Originally Posted by bblaze

Paid $60.00 for a Burson wheel bearing kit for my rr and it come supplied with bloody chines bearings. Had 2 sets ordered but told them to send a set back. I will use one set to get me outa trouble until I can get some real bearings. Would any body be happy running these chinese bearings, I know I am not
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blaze

Couldn't you get them from a bearing specialist by providing the bearing numbers?

For bearings, steering & brake parts I will only use the recognised brands.
Some Asian stuff may be ok/excellent, but I think we have been brainwashed into believing they are mostly crap.

If genuine SKF were made in China for instance, then they would be made to SKF specifications or one would hope that is the case.

Malex may be ok, after all, 20 milion chinese can't be wrong.









Or, can they?

had a rapid complete failure, inhind sight should have but needed to get the rig mobile again in a hurry as self employed and its the work rig as well as the player (not that I play much)
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blaze

Hell no, only good for wheel barrows, used to by them Supercheap for my old Fairlane lucky to get 12 months out of them before they fail, the shells are soft too, total rubbish, japanese bearings only Timken etc

Look at any chinese woodwork hand tools! And metalwork tools! Total crap when it comes to tempered metal. Too hard, too soft. Only stuff I buy that's been in a kiln there is porcelain!

Dave