Date:         Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:03:33 -0500
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
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Here's a fun little bit of information about Timken roller bearings, maybe
. . . One of my ancestors, a great uncle with the last name Tipton,
actually invented that tapered roller bearing. He built them out of wood,
for wind and water mills. Henry Timken saw the roller bearings in one of
the mills, somewhere in Missouri, I think, though it could have been in
Texas, and started making them out of steel. My ancestor wasn't so
concerned about getting a patent on his design, but Henry did, and now
Timken brings in over $5 billion a year in revenues and employs over 21,000
people.

If only . . .
Marc


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:

> Loren -
>
> That's cool.  I checked the box on the shelf this morning and
> discovered all 11 of these bearings are actually FAG (Korea).  Guess
> the supplier is carrying FAG as long as they're priced right from FAG.
>
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  RE: Bearings from AutoZone
> > I forgot to mention something about the wheel bearings I got from
> AutoZone.
> > American made (the markings) Timkin bearings no less. Not Mexico or
> China.
>