Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Finding GOOD bearings using H-D Part Numbers
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Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Has anyone compiled a list or something similar with Harley-Davidson part numbers cross-referencing decent bearing manufacturers' part numbers (like American or even Japanese)? When I go online with an H-D bearing part number for say, mid star hub and brake drum bearings I always come up with what I believe, based on the price, is cheap junk. If it sells for $8.95 that takes into account a few mark ups as it moves through the supply chain, plus a ride on a freighter across the Pacific, import duties or whatever. It probably cost less than a dollar to manufacture. Not just for these bearings, but for others as well. I'm not made of $$, but I don't want to put cheap crap in my bike and have to do the job over again a couple of years later or even worse, have a bearing failure take out other parts.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Virtually all bearings have the manufacturers numbers etched or stamped into the race edges. They are easy cross reference from those. H-D part numbers mean nothing to a bearing supply house.
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I like to have the new parts on hand at the same time I take the old ones out, which means I may not get a look at the stamped or etched number before hand. Sometimes you can see the number in a picture online. I wish there was a good old fashioned bearing supply house near me. Anyway, I guess it's not a big deal. I certainly have more daunting tasks ahead than that.
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Jim...Mongrel505558 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:41 pmI like to have the new parts on hand at the same time I take the old ones out, which means I may not get a look at the stamped or etched number before hand. Sometimes you can see the number in a picture online. I wish there was a good old fashioned bearing supply house near me. Anyway, I guess it's not a big deal. I certainly have more daunting tasks ahead than that.
Jim
Do these guys not service bearings by industry standard part numbers?
Grainger Industrial Supply
430 Central Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861
(401) 724-0975
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
I buy most of mine from the local NAPA store. Even bearings to fix stuff like my Sawzalls and grinders. 90% of the bearings in the world are metric sizing, including most H-D even back to the '20s, that has always been the standard. The nearest Grainger or bearing supply house is 130 miles away. If NAPA can't find it in their corporate channels they order from the bearing supply and still have it next day on their truck.
Oh, and the link I posted took less than 30 seconds to find on line...just sayin'
Oh, and the link I posted took less than 30 seconds to find on line...just sayin'
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As long as I can get the industry standard part number. That's the cross-reference I'm asking about. Just thought there might be something out there. Maybe I'll put my own together as I go. As for Grainger - yes, they and McMaster-Carr have just about everything. You used to need a business account to buy from them, but that may have changed in the age of on-line retail.RooDog wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:01 pmJim...Mongrel505558 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:41 pmI like to have the new parts on hand at the same time I take the old ones out, which means I may not get a look at the stamped or etched number before hand. Sometimes you can see the number in a picture online. I wish there was a good old fashioned bearing supply house near me. Anyway, I guess it's not a big deal. I certainly have more daunting tasks ahead than that.
Jim
Do these guys not service bearings by industry standard part numbers?
Grainger Industrial Supply
430 Central Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861
(401) 724-0975
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Thanks. Good information. I've found NAPA to be much better than the other chain parts houses like Auto Zone in terms of knowledgeable people behind the counter and inventory.RUBONE wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:04 am I buy most of mine from the local NAPA store. Even bearings to fix stuff like my Sawzalls and grinders. 90% of the bearings in the world are metric sizing, including most H-D even back to the '20s, that has always been the standard. The nearest Grainger or bearing supply house is 130 miles away. If NAPA can't find it in their corporate channels they order from the bearing supply and still have it next day on their truck.
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Both Grainger and McMasterCarr sell to retail customers. I have been buying from both without a business account for years without any problem.
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I only tried once, several years ago, at a Grainger in Warwick, RI, and when I went to pay for my merchandise the counter man asked what business account it was for. When I told him I was there for myself and no associated business he wouldn't sell me the merchandise. I haven't tried since. I guess it's worth another try.
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
Don’t,Mongrel505558 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:53 pmI only tried once, several years ago, at a Grainger in Warwick, RI, and when I went to pay for my merchandise the counter man asked what business account it was for. When I told him I was there for myself and no associated business he wouldn't sell me the merchandise. I haven't tried since. I guess it's worth another try.
I tried in Marietta Georgia.
It was a thermometer for my still.
Disappointed with them
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Jim....
I have never traded with Gringer, but there are at least four bearing supply houses in my neighborhood, Knoxville, Tennessee, who supply what ever I need except some Dealer Only apps, like for AC clutches. And the Providence area being a old industrial center, it would seem to me bearing suppliers would be common. How did ol' Samuel Slater get by?
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I have never traded with Gringer, but there are at least four bearing supply houses in my neighborhood, Knoxville, Tennessee, who supply what ever I need except some Dealer Only apps, like for AC clutches. And the Providence area being a old industrial center, it would seem to me bearing suppliers would be common. How did ol' Samuel Slater get by?
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I've been it the old Slater Mill. Sam used lots of giant belts and pulleys. It was interesting (I didn't see any roller or ball bearings). A friend owns an old mill building right on the Central Falls/Lincoln town line. It still has a belt and pulley system running about 60 feet along the ceiling, which I guess was the main power "bus" from the waterwheel in the Blackstone River.RooDog wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:14 pm Jim....
I have never traded with Gringer, but there are at least four bearing supply houses in my neighborhood, Knoxville, Tennessee, who supply what ever I need except some Dealer Only apps, like for AC clutches. And the Providence area being a old industrial center, it would seem to me bearing suppliers would be common. How did ol' Samuel Slater get by?
....RD....
And Providence USED TO BE a great place to get stuff, but a lot of the places have shut down. You could get a motor or generator rewound at Eastern Armature, plating done at ACME or several places, machining at Simplex, automotive paint and supplies at Cooper-Lewis, and the people were helpful and knowledgeable. Those were the most prominent ones. There were several in all categories. Some of those places are still there, but just hanging on.
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Re: Bearing Part Number Cross Reference
I have run into that issue with Grainger many years ago, but for at least the last 15 or 20 years the local ones here in Washington have sold retail. It may be up to the individual stores and not corporate policy. The stores here have a catchall number that they put in the "account" box for retail sales.