Hub bearing assemblies
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Hub bearing assemblies What are the best ones these days?
There used to be a company making heavy duty ones. Holley or Hoosier? H something i thought.
I see theres adapters to use Corvette hubs. I see the adapters offered with rear Corvette bearings. This confuses me, are people using rear hub assemblies on the front of F-bodies?
There used to be a company making heavy duty ones. Holley or Hoosier? H something i thought.
I see theres adapters to use Corvette hubs. I see the adapters offered with rear Corvette bearings. This confuses me, are people using rear hub assemblies on the front of F-bodies?
Here is general info on who makes the stock options:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...-bearings.html
This has info on heavy duty options for racing:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...mbly-best.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...-bearings.html
This has info on heavy duty options for racing:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...mbly-best.html
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It WAS Hoosier. Oh well.
On the x-tracker kit, is it rear Corvette hubs on the front? Or am I missing something? All pictures look like rear hub assemblies. Dont these need an axel shaft and nut for proper load or whatever?
Basing this off my buddy replacing front hubs on a 4x4 truck but didn't put axel shaft in. Bearing separated as soon as he backed out the driveway.
On the x-tracker kit, is it rear Corvette hubs on the front? Or am I missing something? All pictures look like rear hub assemblies. Dont these need an axel shaft and nut for proper load or whatever?
Basing this off my buddy replacing front hubs on a 4x4 truck but didn't put axel shaft in. Bearing separated as soon as he backed out the driveway.
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It WAS Hoosier. Oh well.
On the x-tracker kit, is it rear Corvette hubs on the front? Or am I missing something? All pictures look like rear hub assemblies. Dont these need an axel shaft and nut for proper load or whatever?
Basing this off my buddy replacing front hubs on a 4x4 truck but didn't put axel shaft in. Bearing separated as soon as he backed out the driveway.
On the x-tracker kit, is it rear Corvette hubs on the front? Or am I missing something? All pictures look like rear hub assemblies. Dont these need an axel shaft and nut for proper load or whatever?
Basing this off my buddy replacing front hubs on a 4x4 truck but didn't put axel shaft in. Bearing separated as soon as he backed out the driveway.
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We recommend the X Trackers from Strano. As with most anything 4th Gen related, Sam knows what's good.
http://www.stranoparts.com/viewfeature.php?FeatureID=7
http://www.stranoparts.com/viewfeature.php?FeatureID=7
Thanks Ramey,
Yeah, I have the adapters and hubs. And it all just bolts on. And you won't play games with cheap-o part store hubs again. These are NOT cheap. They are worth every penny for anyone who drivers aggressively and more than that for folks who use big sticky tires.
Just compare the pics of the new stuff to the stock parts, just follow the link below.
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=277&ModelID=7
Yeah, I have the adapters and hubs. And it all just bolts on. And you won't play games with cheap-o part store hubs again. These are NOT cheap. They are worth every penny for anyone who drivers aggressively and more than that for folks who use big sticky tires.
Just compare the pics of the new stuff to the stock parts, just follow the link below.
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=277&ModelID=7
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@Sam, I've been eyeballing that hub setup recently. My car is mostly street driven at this point, but I don't like buying junk. Do you expect similar life on the street for the X trackers when compared to OEM? Mine are finally starting to make some noise at ~146k miles. My guess is that they're just as dependable if not more.
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Verdad Gallardo @Sam, I've been eyeballing that hub setup recently. My car is mostly street driven at this point, but I don't like buying junk. Do you expect similar life on the street for the X trackers when compared to OEM? Mine are finally starting to make some noise at ~146k miles. My guess is that they're just as dependable if not more.
the new one has a bigger bearing, which is placed further outboard so there's less leverage acting on it. It's a specific design meant to take a lot of abuse from Corvettes on race tires, with a bunch of negative camber.does all things that the stock hubs were not designed to do.
think about the alignment specs on this car, from GM. Basically no camber. There meant to run straight up and down straight down the road and we're never designed for the abuse we put them through. If you drive them like that they will last a long time, maybe 146,000 miles. But the more you lean on them in corners the more stress you put on them from larger and more sticky tires, the more they hate life.
Can I tell you they will last 146,000 miles? No I can't. It's not really possible for me to assess that, and under the conditions that most of us are using the cars, I would have to save very few things are going to last that number of miles because again running with negative camber isn't really ideal for any hub but at least this one is designed specifically for that.
Just look at the picture of the stock one next to the Xtracker.
the new one has a bigger bearing, which is placed further outboard so there's less leverage acting on it. It's a specific design meant to take a lot of abuse from Corvettes on race tires, with a bunch of negative camber.does all things that the stock hubs were not designed to do.
think about the alignment specs on this car, from GM. Basically no camber. There meant to run straight up and down straight down the road and we're never designed for the abuse we put them through. If you drive them like that they will last a long time, maybe 146,000 miles. But the more you lean on them in corners the more stress you put on them from larger and more sticky tires, the more they hate life.
Can I tell you they will last 146,000 miles? No I can't. It's not really possible for me to assess that, and under the conditions that most of us are using the cars, I would have to save very few things are going to last that number of miles because again running with negative camber isn't really ideal for any hub but at least this one is designed specifically for that.
the new one has a bigger bearing, which is placed further outboard so there's less leverage acting on it. It's a specific design meant to take a lot of abuse from Corvettes on race tires, with a bunch of negative camber.does all things that the stock hubs were not designed to do.
think about the alignment specs on this car, from GM. Basically no camber. There meant to run straight up and down straight down the road and we're never designed for the abuse we put them through. If you drive them like that they will last a long time, maybe 146,000 miles. But the more you lean on them in corners the more stress you put on them from larger and more sticky tires, the more they hate life.
Can I tell you they will last 146,000 miles? No I can't. It's not really possible for me to assess that, and under the conditions that most of us are using the cars, I would have to save very few things are going to last that number of miles because again running with negative camber isn't really ideal for any hub but at least this one is designed specifically for that.
