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I have a 2005 Nissan Quest that needs the rear hub assembly replaced. Has any body used the house brand hub assembly. These are about half the price of Timken. They have a 12 month warranty. I would like to replace both side , these house brand hub would save me $80 to $100 for the pair. Any feed back would be great.
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I use to make the mistake of buying the “house” brand or eBay China made hub bearings for my car. Every 12-18 months like clockwork I was out there replacing them again. After the third time of them failing I switched to Timkens in the front and Napa Pros in the rear (Timken doesn’t seem to make the rears anymore) and they have been holding like champs for 3 years now.
In the end, the money you save up front almost never equals the money you save in the long run for buying the good parts, especially parts under heavy stress like ball bearings.
I’d much rather spend the extra money for the higher quality part so I don’t have to do the job again in a year or so. I hate doing a job more than once, especially on the same part. We’ve got a saying at the shop where I work. “Go ahead and buy the cheap part, and you can pay me to do the job twice when the el-cheapo brand part fails and I have to replace it with a better one”
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