Front wheel bearings, any favorites?

mcnoople said
Yup and moog used to have a reputation for quality. How about electrical replacement parts like electronic ignition control units and even something simple like a cap or rotor for a slant six. You can't even trust formally good name brand companies for tune-up parts anymore. Any company's quality can go down hill when accountants are in charge.

this is true, but currently MOOG is owned by federal mogul, the same federal mogul who makes ALL of napas chassis parts, SKF is a division of federal mogul as well, and if SKF cant make the bearings, they go straight to the original manufacturer to get it. the front end bearings for my powerwagon were timkens in an SKF box, made in GERMANY. and the ones for my dart were made by koyo, straight from japan. (japanese bearings are kick *** by the way) Also, when i tore down the 87 gran fury that my engine and trans came out of, the entire front end was koyo bearings. apparently the police shop felt they were good enough for highway patrol service, and there wasnt a damn thing wrong with them. SKF's bearings are made in mexico (mostly) but to the same tolerances as the originals, and ive never had one come back from a manufacturers failure, in 6 years. So really, im sure most of the horror stories out there are either from installation errors, or horrible luck. for myself, if its timken, skf, or koyo ill run it. ive never had a problem with either one.