Timken SP500300 Axle Bearing and Hub Assembly with Blue-Connector Passive Sensor

Great quality replacement part

This is my second of these Timken bearing/hubs from Amazon, I replaced the left side last year, now the right side bearing died. Both of my units have US-made bearings, real nice. The bearing I bought last year, with about 20,000 miles on it, is working fine, it's tight and quiet. The original hub bearings lasted about 285,000 miles, which I'm told is amazing. Replacement is easy once you get the old ones off, but mine were very difficult to remove after a dozen years. Don't believe the YouTube videos that show replacement on brand new vehicles or somebody pounding and prying for an hour on the old unit, this will do nothing but put you in a bad mood if your old hubs are fused onto the steering knuckle like mine were. A helpful expert told me that the hubs get fused on after eight or ten years and he shared with me that you need to use an air hammer against the corners of the triangular mounting plate in order to rotate it after you back out the three attachment bolts. This makes the job easy - after you rotate the unit a half turn or so it will come right out. Much easier than pounding all day or trying to get the thing out with a chisel.

Been experiencing a rubbing friction sound at low speeds. I replaced a few parts but sound still persisted. Hoping these hubs would fix the low speed sound and it did, the sound was immediately gone. The part itself looks and feels like quality, the install was easy as everything fit as it should. Hoping these will last me a long time

This is my 2nd purchase of a Wheel bearing hub from Timken. The first one I purchased in February of this year (driver side was howling like a wolf). The 2nd one (this one here I got this month) I decided to buy to replace the passenger side as well (passenger side seem fine but it was 10 yrs old like the one I replaced so eventually it was going to go.) The first one purchased was made in the USA. Very well packaged and turned smooth as silk. the ABS cable clicked in with no problems. This one was made in Korea. Package was almost the same except for a noticeable "bulge" from the box. If you felt the box, you can feel the backside of the hub trying to come through. The hub turned smoothly but there was an audible raspy sound from it. Nothing catastrophic but it was just...there. Also trying to connect the ABS cable was an absolute chore. I swear for the life of me the darn thing would not go in to save my life. The USA made one plugged in like they were made for each other (because they were!) The Korea made one was fighting like they were looking for a divorce and wanted nothing to do with each other. After finally getting the connectors to work together and everything torque down off I went. Both sides worked great, however the passenger side (Korean made) is now make that audible raspy sound. Once again nothing catastrophic, nothing super loud but it's there. I do want to clarify one thing. I am in no way knocking Korean made products. I had some really good Korean made parts that worked well. I'm just making a point on this particular product. Heck the Korean made hub may still exceed my expectation. FYI. The Original Hub on my Tahoe were from MOOG. I installed them back in 2016! I figured I give Timken a try this time as I heard so much good stuff from them.

Perfect fit for 2003 Tahoe 4wd. Same manufacturer as original. I will not even bother with any other brands. Timken is known for good bearings and this one was made in the USA. I recommend buying a 6 point 15mm wrench to help with the 3 bolts (tightened to 133 lb. ft.) holding the hub in. They can be a bit tough to loosen and if you slip even a little with a 12 point wrench could round the head. It was a pain to drive it out of the knuckle. 13 years of crud and some corrosion glued it in there. None of the hub removal tools looked like they would work in this case. I ended up hammering it out. Next time, I might try pushing the axle out a bit and see if I can get a brass punch in there to help drive it out from the back. I can tell you in my case the hub was mostly stuck in the bottom half; the upper part was pretty clean. The nut (36mm) holding the axle in place is not supposed to be reused. It was cheap enough from a local dealer, but it looks like you could use blue thread locker (don't quote me). Torque nut to 177 lb. ft.

Top quality and great price. Still working in my Yukon