Best front hub/wheel bearings to buy?

[Samson]

It looks like I will be replacing mine (72k on 06). What are the best bearings to buy, if money is not a problem? I dont want to do this again for awhile so I want to do it right the 1st and hopefully last time.

Thank you for any help

[Duster]

Anything but ball bearings if you can avoid them for a long lasting change. Timken's roller bearing pressed into the "old" hub would be the best choice if you want high service lifetime.

Or you can go the whole hub way if you want it easier but it's much more expensive and useless in my opinion.



Edit:I wasn't sure about the parts # at first since I didn't change my own bearings yet...but after a little search, it appears that the ball bearing number from Timken for your front wheels is: 510058 and the roller bearing number from the same manufacturer is: Set49

[mopar_man]

I just replaced mine with Timken. It's the same thing that came with the car and they lasted me 120k miles (I'm assuming they're original). 510058 is what I put into my car and it's the same thing that came out. They say they're a ball bearing but they're more of a roller bearing. I still have the old one if you want a picture of what the insides look like.

[bcme136]

I know this is an old post but maybe still monitored. I need to replace the front wheel bearings on my 2002 PT. I'm hearing there may be an earlier and a later model bearings which are different sizes. Anyone heard of this?

[gizzy]

I just replaced mine in my 2002' 6 weeks ago,beware there are 2 different sizes.

[bcme136]

How do we determine which size?

[Hooligan]

Gizzy, do you have the part numbers for the bearings you used, or anyone?

[bcme136]

Apparantly, in talking with two different Chrysler dealer parts dept, it has to be removed and measured (or find a number) as there's "nothing written" as to which size it takes!

[gizzy]

I agree with bcme136,take it off & measure it.Mine came out in pieces so we had to measure the hub.

Originally Posted by Hooligan

Gizzy, do you have the part numbers for the bearings you used, or anyone?

[SteveG22]

I took my old one to the store and brought my digital caliper just to be sure (39mm).