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Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:07 pm
by tony g
I need to change one of the rear bearings and only brand I keep seeing is KOR. These have a pretty terrible name on other forums (minis etc) and are clearly inferior off shore bearings.
Do we have any known sources for proper bearings? (i believe Timken are mostly counterfeit copies these days)
Cheers
Tony
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:17 pm
by Triumph1300
Try Bearing Services Ltd in Coventry, see what they can offer.
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:22 pm
by yorkshire_spam
Are they 2585 - 2520, Tapered Roller Bearings ? I think that's the bearing in GHK1144.
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:02 am
by tony g
I'm guessing they would need dimensions Bruce? I dont have one apart yet to check but worth a shot.
Cheers
Tony
Triumph1300 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:17 pm
Try Bearing Services Ltd in Coventry, see what they can offer.
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:03 am
by tony g
They are taper bearings but i dont know what numbers. The 1144 number looks good though
Cheers
Tony
yorkshire_spam wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:22 pm
Are they 2585 - 2520, Tapered Roller Bearings ? I think that's the bearing in GHK1144.
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:44 am
by Triumph1300
Think they can work off bearing numbers Tomy
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:52 am
by yorkshire_spam
Triumph1300 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:44 am
Think they can work off bearing numbers Tomy
I'm pretty sure the cone is 2585, but the cup could be either 2520 or 2523
2520 has an o/d of 2.6150 in
2523 has an o/d of 2.7500 in
It would be great to find out which set it is.
(I've been compiling a list for generic bearing numbers vs Triumph part numbers to help find quality parts)
Edit: The picture on rimmer's website shows the cup as timken p/n 2523S, so the set required should be 2585/2523
So genuine timken are available but not cheap!
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:16 am
by tony g
Ok cheers guys. I'll dig out a s/h shaft I have and check sizes/numbers
Tony
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:18 am
by yorkshire_spam
tony g wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:16 am
Ok cheers guys. I'll dig out a s/h shaft I have and check sizes/numbers
Tony
Tony, just updated my post above at the same time as your reply....
(see above)
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:00 am
by tony g
Nice one cheers
Tony
yorkshire_spam wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:18 am
tony g wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:16 am
Ok cheers guys. I'll dig out a s/h shaft I have and check sizes/numbers
Tony
Tony, just updated my post above at the same time as your reply....
(see above)
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:04 am
by tony g
The 2585 cone looks like a flanged type. Is this correct for us?
Tony
yorkshire_spam wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:52 am
Triumph1300 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:44 am
Think they can work off bearing numbers Tomy
I'm pretty sure the cone is 2585, but the cup could be either 2520 or 2523
2520 has an o/d of 2.6150 in
2523 has an o/d of 2.7500 in
It would be great to find out which set it is.
(I've been compiling a list for generic bearing numbers vs Triumph part numbers to help find quality parts)
Edit: The picture on rimmer's website shows the cup as timken p/n 2523S, so the set required should be 2585/2523
So genuine timken are available but not cheap!
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:07 am
by tony g
Ok I just checked 2523 s on timken site and its non flanged so that goes with the pic on rimmers page
Tony
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:43 am
by SprintMWU773V
Chris Witor sells the correct Timken bearings. SKF bearings are also good quality, though Timken preferred.
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:34 am
by tony g
Thanks Mark, I may have some coming from a supplier. SKF would be ok too I reckon. Sort of makes me wonder why a normal ball bearing cant be used like a lot of RWD cars used
Tony
Re: Sprint rear wheel bearings, decent brands?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:20 am
by shaunroche
Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but looking in the Timken catalogue at 2585/2523s, whilst it looks like the one in the rimmer pic and has the correct od and id of 2.75" and 1.31", it's being shown as being nearly an inch thick (.9975)..this can't be right can it? They look a lot thinner on rimmers....