Hub assembly
- Thread starter AaronPaul
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I am Timken guy, used plenty of them on semi-trailers. Used them on the JK when I had to pull an axle.
I bought a Timken front hub a couple years ago and was bummed out when I saw a "made in china" sticker on the box.
A year or so later I bought one for the other side. I didn't really want to but I have no idea if any are made in the USA anymore. Now I'm just hoping that what I bought is actually made to the standards that Timken has used throughout it's life of making things in America.
Back in February my wife and I went to the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, Ohio and saw this:
And this (among other stuff):
It's ben about 5000 miles since the first one I bought and so far so good. I hope it stays that way for another 50,000
A year or so later I bought one for the other side. I didn't really want to but I have no idea if any are made in the USA anymore. Now I'm just hoping that what I bought is actually made to the standards that Timken has used throughout it's life of making things in America.
Back in February my wife and I went to the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, Ohio and saw this:
And this (among other stuff):
It's ben about 5000 miles since the first one I bought and so far so good. I hope it stays that way for another 50,000
