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Getting ready to order up on rear wheel bearings, mine are noisy about 40 mph. Any thoughts from experience on All Balls bearings, or what's the best to use?
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Just got done installing a set of front & rear All Balls bearings on my '90 XII. IMO the quality is not as good as OEM but for the price difference of what you get (All Balls sets give you the seals as well as the bearings) can live with the difference and just change them out a little more regularly. Been running them for awhile on my Concours, no problems. HTH.
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Replaced my rear bearings about 5 years back and got them from Carl Leo. Price (can't remember now) was very reasonable and from him I knew without a doubt that they would be the correct part and would be a quality part as well.
Call him to find out!
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I have them, not enough miles to tell, but so far, so good.
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Scott-(Altoona, PA) wrote:Replaced my rear bearings about 5 years back and got them from Carl Leo. Price (can't remember now) was very reasonable and from him I knew without a doubt that they would be the correct part and would be a quality part as well.
Call him to find out!
Can you share the type/model/part number of the bearings? I'm interested and
don't want to bug Carl.... TIA
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I honestly do not know, I called Carl and told him what I needed. In just a few days I had them and didn't question fitment because they came from him. They fit perfectly and are working as one would expect.
Sorry I can't provide the part #'s.
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... just talked to Carl Leo and he said the All Balls 25-1353 for the rear are good
bearings, gonna order some real soon, they come with the seals too, and I have
NO idea what that means, but he said they were good at a good price...
works for me!!!!
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... just talked to Carl Leo and he said the All Balls 25-1353 for the rear are good
bearings, gonna order some real soon, they come with the seals too, and I have
NO idea what that means, but he said they were good at a good price...
works for me!!!!
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