Chuck W wrote:I'm hoping he'll check in here.....
Who me?
I've just been doing some asking around for Scorpio bearing information myself. I'm trying to do the 5-lug conversion the way that Brad wants to avoid - by machining the XR spindles to accept the Scorpio bearings and unmachined hubs.
Terry Watson has done some PN digging into the wheel bearings for the Scorpio application and was kind enough to share the info with me. The PNs are for SKF bearings. Theoretically, the should be as readily accessible as Timken bearings. We'll see if this pans out the way I'm hoping. Here are the PNs for a variety of wheel bearings, along with dimensions and seal PNs and so forth (not all PNs are SKF PNs):
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Merkur Wheel Bearing Sizes, From Russ at Rapido:
XR4Ti Front & Rear:
OD: 2.37"
ID: 1.365"
Scorpio Front:
OD: 2.485"
ID: 1.485"
Scorpio Rear:
OD: 2.685"
ID: 1.605"
Cossie Front bearing measurements, measured by me:
ID: 1.489" measured
OD: 2.480" measured
Outer Race: 0.531" high
Inner Race: 0.747" high
Part # (as pulled from car): SKF F K-JL 69310-2B-VQ060
Seal # (as pulled from car): 85GB –1190 – AA
Per SKF: Bearing replaced by: LB T1B 332821- CVQ060, available from Rapido, same as Scorpio front bearings.
Part # (as supplied by Rapido):
Outers:
SKF BT1B 332821 C/Q Germany 00283T
SKF BT1B 332821 C/Q Germany 00272U
Inners:
SKF BT1B 332821 B A/Q Germany L W41T
SKF BT1B 332821 B A/Q Germany L W39U
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So, that's where we are at right now. Of course, I don't want to convert to Cosworth/Scorpio front bearings if it means I'm going to have to cough up $90 per side to BAT. That's painful when XR wheel bearings are 1/3 that cost through us (mc²racing).