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Originally Posted by Gear_One_Performance
While we don't run on super wide slicks (245 Hoosier R7's square) we haven't had any issues with wheel bearings yet. The car has about 1500 race miles and 600 street miles on it all on the original bearings. We've even bent a few wheels and still no effect on the bearings. Now we might just be getting lucky here and we have a full set of spares if we need to change one out during the race but knock on wood so far they've been okay.
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I find this very interesting.. An 86 running 295/35 18 tyres in WTA uses a hybrid hub which I think is a Subaru 4wd hub, but in a GT86 Bearing? They have experienced wear. There is also a member on here who has done in his bearings.
It may well be luck, or variation in the manufacturing process. All I know for sure is the swaged over design, which I machined off to see how tough it was, is very soft so I would imagine it would creep under high loads on high neg camber?
Brypar have made an upright for the '86 to accept the Subaru bearing, I wonder why??