Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality?

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Sun 15 Feb 2009 21:10
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - mfarrow
Hi

I'm needing to buy some new diff. bearings for the corsa. I'm stuck between SKF at about £16 per throw online and ZVL/ZKL bearings at £6 a throw.

Being such a large price difference, I'm worried that the ZVL/ZKL bearings will be of poor quality and will break down quickly. Am I right to be worried, or have backroomers heard of and used this manufacturer successfully?

Edited by mfarrow on 15/02/2009 at 21:10

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Mon 16 Feb 2009 12:43
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - Victorbox
Appears to be Czech / Slovakian www.zklbearings.com/index.html Is £10 such a big difference in relation to the damage a duff bearing will do?
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Mon 16 Feb 2009 13:24
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - Robin the Technician
If it was me, I'd be using SKF. At least you have a UK base to contact if you have any problems. SKF are a world renown bearing manufacturer..... ZVL are who???

I rest my case.
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Mon 16 Feb 2009 13:26
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - jc2
And where are the SKF ones made?
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Mon 16 Feb 2009 14:02
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - 659FBE
SKF have factories in many countries including Sweden. I have found their products to be of the very highest quality.

659.
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Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:46
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - mfarrow
Thanks for the replies.

I have bought Koyos in the end, as they were more expensive, available, and seem an established make.

The originals were FAG.
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Thu 19 Feb 2009 00:42
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - bathtub tom
IIRC the only difference between bearing codes, was whether they were case hardened, or through hardened.

The preference for wheel bearings being case hardened. Perhaps someone 'in the know' could enlighten us all?
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Wed 13 Jan 2016 14:16
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - LostCannon137

Hi there,

case hardened bearings would be the way to go, wheel bearings take a beating from vibration and shock due to road conditions. case hardened bearing has a hardened outer layer and a soft core which allows the bearing to absorb a lot of the shock and vibration given that it baheves like a cushion for a lack of better words. All USA domestic car manufacturers use Timken roler bearings, Timken only makes case hardened tapered roller bearings and they are also one of the best tapered roller bearing brands.

hope that helps

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Fri 20 Feb 2009 12:49
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - mfarrow
I have bought Koyos in the end


But SKFs arrived. I'm not complaining!
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Wed 13 Jan 2016 19:44
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - focussed

SKF+TOYO+FAG+TIMKEN = All well known manufacturers of bearings for many years - I have used all of these makes over the years and they have been entirely satisfactory.

The other Czech makes may be ok-Cechoslovakia has a very good long standing

engineering heritage.

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Wed 13 Jan 2016 23:08
ZVL or ZKL bearings - good quality? - bathtub tom

The other Czech makes may be ok-Cechoslovakia has a very good long standing engineering heritage.

They did provide the machinery for the London Eye, and that's still going!

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