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Originally Posted by tbirdtbird
have never had a chinese bearing hold up for long. they do not know how to make them.
their alloys are suspect. a knowledgeable person told me they just melt down all the different grades of steel that comes in from the scrap ships into one big pot and pay no attention to maintaining/making specific alloys. All the steel I have seen from there is very soft. Tom, I think you got lucky. I wish I could say I have had the same experience. I have had air tools disintegrate their bearings literally within 5 min.
Timken uses various overseas manufacturing but I have not seen once that their country of origin was china. I make it a point to track down Timken bearings for every purpose I encounter. Never had a problem
Bottom line , use whatever you want
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I agree with your comments on the poor quality control of some Chinese sourced iron. My biggest complaint is with the cast iron grills on my Chinese made gas BBQ. Never seen cast iron rust like they do!!
I also prefer Timken bearings, but have also had good luck with SKF.