Unfortunately pretty much all bearing mfgs. are global sourced these days. I used to run skf, just because of my local availability. And the price. NO MORE. I got less than half the life out of them. Some were Mexico, some were China. Pay an additional 10-20% for a 'good' bearing.. But 'finding' a good bearing is not as easy as it used to be! I discovered www.farmbearings.com a few years back. They'll have your choice of import bearings to save some money.. as well as the 'good' ones too. Fafnir, Timken, FAG, Torrington, NTN(Japanese) So far, the Timkens and Fafnirs all have 'made in USA' on them. I try to keep a fair inventory on hand of the most common ones for the machines I run. Balers, mowers,disk, and the zillion wheel hubs. |