london_chris

Less than 4k miles ago I fitted a pair of rear wheel bearings , the parts came from my local motor factor. In the last 500 miles they've started to hum. The parts I fitted were qh Quentin hazel parts .
Has anyone any other recommendations on brands that last?
Still available from Ford? Euros do Lucas or Skf?

gcfcos

we fit skf bearings a lot at work. Never had a problem with them. Hope u manage to get it sorted

studabear

I've just fitted 2 QH bearings on my escort yesterday, I told my factor I wanted SKF or FAG. I hope these last longer than yours.

155lee

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A couple of years back I bought extortionate bearings from ggr thinks ng they were gen Ford but qh bearings turned up,felt completely ripped off as it didn't state it would be pattern parts,I thought at the price it would be the real deal.

Glenn_

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What car is it on. The wifes mk1.5 focus has had loads of rear bearings lol.

ajamesc

You mentioned euros? One of your problems right there they sell cheap shit

gcfcos

Not everything. We buy all lemforder suspension components off them for our customers cars as lemforder make the oe vag for the manufacturers. Also pagid brakes which is oe stuff. But to be fair their exhausts are utter toss lol! Euroflow being the worst! It's when people phone up and say "I need this part for my car, what's the cheapest u can do" and then u get the cheap crap. We phone round 3 factors to quote every job and only ask for the prices on their best parts as we don't want comebacks.

ajamesc

We won't use them at work anymore there stuff is junk. I did a lot of work on my dads 206 with there bits. Exhaust system bits last less than a year rear wheel bearing about 2 weeks. Front lower arms only last a year cheap rubbish. I also ordered an oe spec 90 amp alternator for my saff. No word of a lie it looked like a 5 year old had painted it
You can get cheap bits from camberly auto factors and German and Swedish or andersons and there far better

gcfcos

When I say "oe" I mean from the manufacturers that actually make the bits for the cars coming out the factory. "Oe" quality is different as its still a pattern part made as close to the original as possible. We only use them now for lemforder suspension components and pagid brakes and nothing else as like u say most of it is shite. Oh and edited to say we also buy the oe wheel bearing sets and hubs off them too.

_Jimmy_

The OE 'Ford' bearings on my ST are SKF, I don't get them from ford any more as I was just paying 3 times the price for the same part.

Oranoco

Never been a fan of the QH stuff. Always seems a bit shonky and never lasts. Tend to avoid pattern parts these days as it's usually false economy

stevieturbo

What car, and where they fitted correctly ?

Glenn_

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Funnily enough i got 2 from there. The first one went again in about 2 weeks then we went to the lakes and it went on the way there. I had to get the car booked into a local garage then got a hire car for 2 days. I was well pissed off. I hate other people working on my cars. Also we had a Vauxhall Mokka so i was even more pissed off lol.

london_chris

escort cosworth and yes they were fitted properly

stevieturbo

IMO for both to fail in such a low mileage would shout to me improper fitment rather than a faulty part.

Of course it is possible but I'd struggle to believe even the cheapest wheel bearings to fail that quickly, and QH are usually decent parts.

Where they greased sufficiently ? torqued up correctly ? seals installed ok ? nothing leaking at present ? Is the bearing housing they are installed in ok ?

Nothing strange with the axle/wheel/tyre combo that might affect reliability ?

ajamesc

Well as I e said it happen to me on a 206. Torque up as I should of been and it started to rumble after 2 weeks

stevieturbo

Apart from one bearing on my van, I'm still on originals at 540k lol.

ajamesc

Im betting there not cheap Chinese sweat shop ones lol. My old mans 206 was on over 200 thousand. It started going wrong he wanted to spend peanuts on it. Peugeot lower arms lasted well over 100 thousand euro one a year! Original exhaust well over 100 thousand euro sections a year. Original rear wheel bearing well over 100 thousand again euros one 2 weeks lol

stevieturbo

They'll be wherever Vauxhall's finest are made ! lol

Lower arms are an odd one too. I did change them about 300k ago ( again new OEM parts )...for no real reason really. Was wearing tyres a little at the front so decided why not. Didnt change anything and current arms are still great ( kept old ones as spares ) balljoints are still nice and tight on both.

Pretty amazing really.

With a previous van and cheap aftermarket parts...they only lasted maybe 30k at a time.