Re: green bearing questiuons

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neal, Personally I had a bad experience with green bearings. They failed in 
less than 6,000 miles on a 66 Hemi Charger I owned and I'll never use them 
again on a street driven car. Here's a quote from an article in Auto Hobby 
Digest:

"Green Bearing Company builds a bearing kit that replaces the cone-type 
wheel bearings. These are sealed roller bearing units that do not require 
end play adjustment, however they offer no side to side support, and fail 
quickly in street applications. These are drag race bearings only (the 
manufacturer even lists them under the "Racing" segment of their catalog). 
Green Part No. RP400."

Btw, there's no such thing as a stock axle for an A Body 8 3/4 rear end that 
had a 4 1/2" bolt pattern but here's a link to the whole article. Check 
about half way down the page under  "Part  I, Appendix A: 8-3/4 A-body axle 
upgrade to 4.5" bolt circle"  for information on what you can do.

http://www.autohobbydigest.com/8_75.html


A friend of mine has a 68 B body rear end in his 73 Duster 340.

Dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "neal zimmerman" <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:47 AM
Subject: green bearing questiuons


> I am trying to outfit an 8.75 for my a-body, i want to step it up to
> the 4.5 pattern., so i need new axles.
>  what exactly is a green bearing and are they any good, i have heard
> mixed reviews  of these as opposed to the originaals
>     neal zimmerman, eugene oregon 


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