NOT another "Green" bearings post

oldkimmer said

If the green bearing haters don’t think their for a daily driver u just have to look at almost every Ford built from about 1957 to the early 90s. The only thing Ford did was have the pin for the axles to but up against. Chevy, BOP had then up to till 1964. Or check out every front wheel drive car,truck, and SUV. Billions and Billions of miles. Kim

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Yup, very true. Ball bearing and cylindrical roller bearings at the axle are nothing new, Ford 9's have had them forever, there was a generation of them that used tapered bearings but after that they were pretty much all ball bearings. A lot of new cars have non-serviceable hubs with sealed cylindrical roller bearings even at the front. And most of them are designed to last the life of the car.

The updated green bearings with the snap rings solve the issues the original design had, so as long as they're installed correctly they shouldn't have any issues. I still prefer the tapered bearings, but realistically it's just a preference, it's not like the green bearings won't do the job. Heck my Challenger had green bearings for most of the 70k street miles I put on it, those green bearings are still fine.