If you buy Timken open the box before you buy them. Last set I bought were cheap generic no name bearings in expensive Timken boxes. Won't do that again.
recently bought a pair of timken bearings to refresh the spindle shaft of a bridgeport, as they were original equipment to the mill.
they were made in bangladesh. i told the guy at the bearing company, if these things wear out in a couple of years, they were coming back !
the original bearings lasted until now, and the bridgeport i was working on was made in the 1950's.
