by kommodore on Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:02 pm
Hi everyone, just want to share my front wheel hub replacement i did just a few days agó.
I busted the hub bearings of the passenger side front wheel. i pull out the whole knucle, and remove the remaining bearing parts. i took a look at one bearings outer ring, and it was a KOYO bearing (Koyo being the brand) and i though "well i will buy this two bearings and rebuild the hub". the part number on the bearing was 2DUFO5ON-7. i went to the stealer, ask for the bearings, and they told me they sold the entire hub assembly, and showed to me. They bring me the hub, wich came in a mitsubishi cardboard box, i open the box, and the hub was in a plastic bag, but i was able to watch the bearing outer ring, and it was the same KOYO 2DUFO5ON-7 bearing. They want to charge me about $440 USD for it. Then i went to a bearing shop, ask for the koyo part number and they had the same koyo 2DUFO5ON-7 hub, at $240 USD, then i went to another bearing shop, and again, they had the same 2DUFO5ON-7 koyo hub, at only $96 USD, so i bought that one. Allways check what the stealers are selling to you. I dont know if mitsubishi fabricates their own bearings, i dont think so. i think they have them made by bearing companies such as koyo, wich is a big japanese bearing manufacturer.
thats, all, i hope it can be usefull for someone.
Bye.