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Re: generic rear wheel bearings[120-130/'68] posted by George Downs on
Saturday, 17 June 2000, at 6:57 p.m.
Remember that Volvo, the Volvo name (means "I roll" in latin)
and the car business were a spinoff from the SKF bearing company.
Just about all the OEM bearings I have taken off my cars were SKF.
Any name brand bearing will be fine (same number) and even the
off-brands are generally pretty good. In general Volvos are
"over-bearinged" so that if adjusted right and not abused or
corroded, they will about last forever. I changed rear wheel
bearings in my 164 several years ago at about 250K and I would
imagine that they had at least a third of their life left when
I took them out.
George Downs Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Re: generic rear wheel bearings[120-130/'68] posted by virg on
Saturday, 17 June 2000, at 10:58 p.m.
Rear wheel bearing: 14132T/14276 cone/cup, Timken, ABC, or Bower, or the store might translate that into SKF, and any would be the same price there.
Rear Seal inner: S2161
" " outer: S4193
don't have the seal mfg, but the brg house will recognize the code and cross-reference it.
While it's out, write this down too:
front wheel brg inner, 15112/15243 (cone/cup)
" " outer, 09074/09195 " "
front seal, S3072
All Volvo bearings are interchangeable industrial grade including SKF and Fafnir.
Metric bearings needed for other foreign makes: no sweat, metric has been around since before imported cars, and available at bearing houses.
Brg house prices are a song, compared to dealers and even most auto parts houses, and the quality is identical.
Top of that. as George says, Volvo is "over-bearinged". Stopped at roadside once, to lend a hand; guy had a big old 5000# Merc sedan jacked-up, messing with a front disc. Ft wheel bearing shot, drove him to town. That bearing he was carrying, I could almost slip it whole into the inner race on one of mine! I still find it hard to believe that beast ran on something like that little toy bearing. I've been spoiled.
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virg