When I went to radial tires on my truck an "old salt" who had been a
front end guy at a Chevrolet garage for many years told me I needed to
change to tapered roller bearings because the radial tires would have a
"bad effect" on the ball bearings. I have had the roller bearing in my
truck for almost 15K miles with a lot of that mileage being on the
Freeway at between 65 and 75 MPH and I would swear by the roller
bearings.
Ralph Linnell
Inliners Web Site
http://www.inliners.org
Ralph's WebSite
http://home.attbi.com/~chevysix/
Chevysix@attbi.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Peters, Jon C
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:25 AM
To: OLE-CHEVY-TRUCKS
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Front wheel bearings 51 AD
I think the issue between bearing types was the effect radial tires have
on
them; ball bearings don't last with radial tires, is how the story went.
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Allen [mailto:thallen@nwlink.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:52 PM
To: Wayne Craig
Cc: OLE-CHEVY-TRUCKS
Subject: RE:[oletrucks] Front wheel bearings 51
AD
Pardon my ignorance but what's wrong with the ball
bearings.....aside from
being expensive to replace?
Tom Allen
51 3800 with ball bearings in the front
At 10:13 PM 4/17/02 -0400, Wayne Craig wrote:
>Classic Performance Parts has bearing upgrade kits for
the
AD's. There around
>$150.00
>
>http://www.classicperform.com/product-pages/trucks/roller-bearing-con-k
it.h
tm
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
between
1941 and 1959
Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
between
1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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