Transmission Roller Bearings

We've supplied recently to a member on this forum group here in Australia euro brand Baltzer&UK brand Pollard (UK used to be a part of Hoffman/R&M bearings) &Blackwell,
The NEW Baltzer's are made in china as is Kobe brand the original HYATT type with the spiral grooves are next to impossible for us to procure&source&supply from overseas,RBC NO LONGER make these wound journal roller bearings same applies to BOWER who USED to make them in MEXICO &then china BEWARE of the Snyder's ones for the $ they can't possibly be made in the USA for the $ they&other know USA FORD parts vendors sell them for......
 
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We've supplied recently to a member on this forum group here in Australia euro brand Baltzer&UK brand Pollard (UK used to be a part of Hoffman/R&M bearings) &Blackwell,
The NEW Baltzer's are made in china as is Kobe brand the original HYATT type with the spiral grooves are next to impossible for us to procure&source&supply from overseas,RBC NO LONGER make these wound journal roller bearings same applies to BOWER who USED to make them in MEXICO &then china BEWARE of the Snyder's ones for the $ they can't possibly be made in the USA for the $ they&other know USA FORD parts vendors sell them for......

FWIW, I think we are talking at crossed purposes. This thread is about the roller bearings in the gearbox. It seems to me that you are talking about the rear wheel bearings.
 
https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/...ategory=Products/model-a/transmission-3-speed

Looks like a Chinese one to me by the price.
I'd do my own research on that ...

Absolutely, definitely,positively 100% NO WAY these are anything but made in china (KOBE brand) or Baltzer chinese made , i can't fathom, get it /understand WHY ALL of the FORD spare parts " vendors" DON'T ALL approach BOWER/RBC to start making them in THE USA again?!!!!!!.SURELY there's enough of them (FORD spare parts vendors) , that if all grouped together could afford to get these remade?......, beggars belief sigh :(.
 
FWIW, I think we are talking at crossed purposes. This thread is about the roller bearings in the gearbox. It seems to me that you are talking about the rear wheel bearings.

No i'm talking about the wound journal roller bearings,BUT the OP'S thread isn't about the transmission but rather the CWP front or rear bearings,
Which are a combination/mixture of wound journal roller &sleeve &tapered roller bearings.IF the problem's in the prop/tail shaft then it's a wound journal roller bearing or ball bearing &housing SOME Ford's used a wound journal roller bearing in a rubber housing.
 
What model/year Ford is yours Rob?,
Are you talking about the CWP (crown wheel pinion) front or rear bearings?,
These are TIMKEN tapered roller type that fit/sit inside a double cup,&the cones fit/sit inside this cup either end,or is it a wound journal roller bearing type?,
FORD used a combination/mix of both in the pinion &differential.
 
iN POST #19 I am speaking about transmission bearings A-7118 and A-7121.


THESE ARE HYATT BEARINGS (SPIRAL WOUND TYPE).

They are stamped as BOTH "Hyatt" and Bower.

EDITED: BOWER added 09-27-24

These were made by Hyatt and others. Maybe someone knows which companies made them for Ford besides Hyatt.

The defective Rear wheel bearings mentioned above are well known as defective and that is another story.

Many of the OEM rear wheel bearings Ford supplied were spiral wound Hyatt bearings as far as I know.

I have seen wheel bearings AND transmission bearings made by Hyatt.
 
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someone should write a book on good and bad, use/don't use parts and the places to source the good stuff. on all different types of parts.
Problem is the guys selling the junk will have their lawyers sue you for ruining their business.
 
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