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No one said ball wheel bearings are STRONGER than tapered wheel bearings.

In reality, ball wheel bearings are adequate for most applications, and they are MUCH MORE COMMON than tapered rear wheel bearings. Ford, GM, Toyota and even Chrysler installed MILLIONS of them in production vehicles over the years.

Where did I say that ball wheel bearings were stronger? I'd prefer tapered bearings but ball bearings get the job done in most applications. My main point was that the green has a QUALITY issue, not a design issue. In other words, if mopar made the 8-3/4 and Dana with an O.E. quality ball bearing, then we wouldn't even be discussing bearing failures here.