Ball Joints and Wheel Bearing Help

dbdragracing · 07-31-2010, 07:56 AM

I have a 1992 Wrangler with 141K miles...on the way home the other day it ate a wheel bearing, so I have decided to replace both wheel bearings and all 4 ball joints (also have a Rugged Ridge HD steering kit to install). I have Autozone/Advance Auto Parts/NAPA stores near my home...do they sell quality ball joints and wheel bearings? I plan on keeping the Jeep for a long time so I want good parts, but at the same time I heard that some other stores sell reboxed Moog/Timken parts at lower prices...anyone know? Thanks.

**Louie4** · 07-31-2010, 10:22 AM

I know Moog is the way to go for the ball joints. I've bought them from O'Reilly's before. I bought new wheel bearings from Autozone. I think mine were Timken. They've been fine for several years now.

1998zj · 07-31-2010, 10:25 AM

I got my bearings at NAPA for $75 a piece. I don't think they were Timken but they have held up well.

**Apollo12227** · 07-31-2010, 10:28 AM

I would definatly recomend timkin for the hubs. I've had my pair of timkin hubs pushing 36's for nearly two years now and that are just as solid as the day I got them.

Timkin all the way when it comes to unit bearings IMHO.

**Louie4** · 07-31-2010, 10:33 AM

The ones I got from Autozone were $112 a piece and I am pretty sure they were Timken.

onlyinayj89 · 07-31-2010, 12:33 PM

The ball joints I got from autozone, where just re boxed moog ones...

jbeebe · 07-31-2010, 01:16 PM

x2 with onlyinayj, the manager at my AZ told me that moog makes the duralast ones

stormkaster · 07-31-2010, 01:25 PM

NAPA's first line ball joints are the napa brand made by affinnia. and the first line wheel berrings are made by SKF

dbdragracing · 07-31-2010, 06:22 PM

thanks for the help...I really like the Moogs on my F150 and would like to install them on the Jeep!