Swivel hubs?

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Swivel hubs?

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:57 pm

Hello all, is this kit any good for rebuilding my front LJ/SJ axle? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112227747731
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Re: Swivel hubs?

Post by juncopartner » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:19 pm

Indian made bearings!!! Personally I won't use them. I rebuild a lot of Lambrettas and cos they were also built in India there are a lot of bearings coming in from India and some are absolute shite. Personally I only use European or Japanese manufactured bearings. There may be some decent Indian bearings out there but I havn't found them yet.

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Post by ROBBIE » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:06 pm

Haha yeah get what you mean
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Post by zook123 » Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:41 am

What's the cost of genuine ones? I only use Blueprint / Genuine parts, so far so good!
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Post by ROBBIE » Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:55 pm

I need everything, seals, bearings, kingpin and hub, felts and rubbers
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Re: Swivel hubs?

Post by twiss » Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:58 pm

tbh I'm using indian made kingpin bearings bashing the shit out of them on rocks and they've lasted about a year... same as blueprint ones lasted me in the UK
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Post by ScottieJ » Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:16 pm

some blueprint bearings are better than others.....their UJs are junk

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Post by andyrew » Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:39 pm

The swivel set i ordered ages ago from india came with koyo bearings.
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Re: Swivel hubs?

Post by ROBBIE » Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:59 pm

andyrew wrote:The swivel set i ordered ages ago from india came with koyo bearings.
Cool, same company by any chance
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Re: Swivel hubs?

Post by andyrew » Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:10 pm

This is the one i had, item number.

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