AZRC
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What are some recommedations for axle bearings for 8.75 rear end? I am going through one right now and plan to also put a disc brake conversion kit on it.
Show me a set of green bearings that ever broke going around curves! Truth is they are five times stronger than OEM. Thats the very reason mopar performance came out with them. They make the 83/4 as strong as a 9" ford so you don't need a dana 60.I always use oem timken bearing. The oem bearing is tapered while the green bearing is not. The green bearing are just roller bearings. The green bearing is not made for any side loads which means not meant for curves. The oem bearing does have an adjustment that the green bearing do not have but it is really easy. If you convert to green bearings you have to remove the spacer in the center of the carrier where the axles meet. Also if you run a spool the green bearing is a must because the spool doesn't have the spacer. I'm sure most people would never have a problem running green bearings but I don't see why you would since the oem bearing is better and cost about the same.
Say what? There's no way the Green bearing is as good as the original Timken setup and a stock 9" isn't really any better than the 8 3/4" unless you have the nodular chunk for a 9 and once a 9 is built up, then it competes with the Dana 60. The draw back to the Dana is when you have to weld to the center part of the case and it's a bit heavier. If you don't know you're doing when you weld on it, you won't do a good job. A ball bearing does not take the side loads like a Timken tapered roller will and will wear faster when subjected to heavy side loads....plain and simple.Show me a set of green bearings that ever broke going around curves! Truth is they are five times stronger than OEM. Thats the very reason mopar performance came out with them. They make the 83/4 as strong as a 9" ford so you don't need a dana 60.
Show me a set of green bearings that ever broke going around curves! Truth is they are five times stronger than OEM. Thats the very reason mopar performance came out with them. They make the 83/4 as strong as a 9" ford so you don't need a dana 60.
Been awhile since I tried to find parts but the last time I checked, I couldn't find the parts I needed to rebuild a rear end. Finding the stock retainer plates and adjuster was a pain not to mention the seals etc....Why change them to an inferior design, even if it does work for most people?
Show me a set of green bearings that ever broke going around curves! Truth is they are five times stronger than OEM. Thats the very reason mopar performance came out with them. They make the 83/4 as strong as a 9" ford so you don't need a dana 60.
What are some recommedations for axle bearings for 8.75 rear end? I am going through one right now and plan to also put a disc brake conversion kit on it.
Since no one replied to your question, I will.
With rear disks, (in the vast majority of cases), Greens are required, as rear disks can't function properly with the axle side play that factory bearings are designed for.
As for all the negative comments on Greens, take them with a grain of salt, as the problem with the Internet is that it has turned into a source of dis-information. --- To much second hand info that is passed off as gospel, with no empirical data, and regurgitated as "fact".
The Reality is that "Greens" are a good quality bearing that will last for years in normal driving. They are necessary for most rear disk conversions. They are not as strong as the factory tapered units in heavy side loading, but they are ANYTHING but weak!
I have entered several amateur drift competions over the years (3 different cars equipped with Greens), and have only had one bearing start to growl.
One of the great joys of the Greens is that it only takes about 10 minutes too change one if it starts to make noise! --- Compared with the required trip, (and expense), to the machine shop to replace the factory tapereds. --- A full day + minimum.
Are the factory bearings stronger? Sure, but are they better (considering the cost, machine shop expense to replace them, slop that they require, and inability to work with rear disk brakes)? No chance!
Lets face it, the only reason the Green’s were produced was as an easy replacement to "the otherwise complicated replacement" of the stockers, plus rear disks require the zero axle side play that the Greens provide.
No car produced today uses the old design. Perhaps there is a reason for that. ---- I think it’s called progress!