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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: SkippyThBushKangeroo on December 13, 2013, 12:47:54 PM
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hi all... was heeading off to darwin last week.... after gettin beddy ready... noticed on wed rear wheel on diff driver side was leaking...sigh. so pulled it out ...cracked bearing double sigh.... went to cbc who sold me a bearing at 187.00 triple sigh... only to find it has been machined wrong by the chinese ..... the o ring seal is on the same side as the inner race step out... it may be an update to the bearing they said.... yeah right i say... that puts the seal less than 2 mil from the end of housing ... finally they agree it is a manufacture fault... .. an they said othey only had six in country all the same prob, were gonna get someone to grind new slot for seal but have to wait 2 weeks at least ...gotta get headin north i said .. so they are tryin to get a genuine one (at more costto me i might add)... but still not till next week some time... so a desperate long shot and appealing to your collective good natures... does by perchance any one in or near adelaide have a spare rear wheel bearing that i could have an i will replace with the one coming from cbc?????? this my last option as the chances of finding one at wreckers is soooo slim plus dont really wanna use a second hand one if travellin 3000 plus kms.... dont reqally expect any luck on this... but poor ol skip has lost his bounce... an really stuck with this at mo.... cheers anyway guys for listenin... skippy :'(
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Feel your pain Skip, same happened to me so instead of $170 each they ended up $400+ each, i reckon i've got the most expensive diff in Aus
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Skippy,
There is a guy in Hillcrest wrecking a CF. number from gumtree is 0414946767. No idea what he has or price. add is dated 2/11, so 6 weeks old.
I only have duel wheel diffs... happy to loan whole diff, but crappy ratio's.
Cheers
Russell
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g/day skippy,
ive got 2 good second hand ones,
only reason they were taken off the axles was to fit 2 new ones,
as the axles were redrilled n studded to fit HQ/WB . and put into stock in my parts
room as spares for my green poptop.( running redrilled HQ/WB studpattern)
so the 2 bearings were put away in case i bought another van for spares.
your welcome to 1 if u want it. if so just pm me your address details and
i will send it next day delivery post, first thing mon morning.
cheers marty
p.s. i fitted a new o ring to 1 bearing a few mins ago in case u want it.
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thanks mty... have sent u a private message .. muchly appreciated cheers skip :) :)
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no worries skip,
happy to help deserving beddy folk
cheers marty
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whats in darwin skip
christmas with family or just headin up for a holiday?
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movin up to help my girlfriend out with what could be a "difficult" time in her life . they wanna biopsy.. :-[ oh an warm sweaty days n colder beer ;D ;D ;D
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Sorry to hear that skipp, Hope all works out well,
Yeah it will be on the warm side up there.
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i am sure it will all work out ok too... you really made my week mty both pony an i appreciate your help out on this ;D ;D ;)
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the bearing is on its way Skippy.
in an express post small scachel
tracking number is 606 04628490 094.
let me know it gets there ok and fits
cheers marty
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thanks mty u are more awesome than awesome itself .. ;) skip
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;D ;D ;D ;D all good mty fitted like a glove never known "ol futile" to be so quiet... back on the road ... n continue headin north.... thanks again mty your a gem.... words of warning to beddophiles.... all the aussie distributors have bought cheap shitty chinese bearings for the rear axle that have ALL had the o ring seal groove machined on THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BEARING!! : :o :o :o .. :o all every single one in stock in aus... also my receipt read SKF bearing 415691B.. at $187.00... when i pursued this further CBC admitted they were CHEAP chinese bearings being charged at the well made bearing price ..pretty bloody naughty i reckon... so unless they have the manufacurers name stamped in thenm .. they are cheap copies. an we should all arc up at them for this blatent deception in trading!! greed is a horrible thing and we are all being taken for a ride over this .... so bear in mind when ordering these things ... cheers dears skippy ;)
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cool,
glad to help you get back on the road skippy.
hava good christmas n new year
cheers marty