Who makes precision brand auto parts

I have to replace a front hub bearing on a 2005 Tahoe and I went to O'Reilly's to get a hub.....the "best" they had to offer was a "Precision" brand with a 1 year warranty.

My options were a Made in China POS or a Made in Korea POS. Just wondering if I should take that back and get something different elsewhere????.

They used to sell Timken there but no longer do.

dont be to sure the originals were not made in china.....most are.

They are probably the best hub bearings available. Precision is what used to be BCA bearings. Still made by Federal Mogul (which makes most of the oem's). They are changing to the one name across the board. Instead of having BCA bearings, National seals, Precision ujoints etc., they are calling them all Precision now.

The main benefit of the Precision is that it has the proper preload on the bearing built into the casting as to where the cheaper bearings the axle nut is what preloads the bearing. No chance of over torquing the bearing which is the biggest reason they fail. Most mechanics impact them on and wonder why they have come backs. But again, the precision eliminates that. Sorry for the ramble.

I just purchased a set for my 2000 Tahoe but have yet to put them on. Do yourself some shopping around. I purchased mine on Amazon for 65.00 each. To buy them local at all the big national stores they averaged 135 - 175 each. Just do yourself a favor and look them up on precisions website and then copy and paste the # on Amazon and see what ya come up with.

the percision one on my sunfire went bad before the 1 yr warrenty was up

I use them all the time in my business. Good bearings. They have a failure rate of around OE bearings I have found.

They are probably the best hub bearings available. Precision is what used to be BCA bearings. Still made by Federal Mogul (which makes most of the oem's). They are changing to the one name across the board. Instead of having BCA bearings, National seals, Precision ujoints etc., they are calling them all Precision now.

The main benefit of the Precision is that it has the proper preload on the bearing built into the casting as to where the cheaper bearings the axle nut is what preloads the bearing. No chance of over torquing the bearing which is the biggest reason they fail. Most mechanics impact them on and wonder why they have come backs. But again, the precision eliminates that. Sorry for the ramble.

I appreciate the ramble.
I've changed a bunch of these hubs on various vehicles.....I was just shocked the place I used to buy em' didn't have anyting made in the USA and I'd never heard of Precision.

Thanks for the input.

That's the one...and significantly cheaper.
I've never bought auto parts off of Amazon but i'll keep that in mind for the future.....but I have to change this one on the pronto.

This is the first hub i've had that's gone bad with no warning. No vibration, no noise...just all of a sudden crunchy crunchy on a left hand turn.

I appreciate the input.

I use Precsion and SKF most of the time in my business. I like them both. The worst ones are the cheap crap from Autozone.
I only use Precision for all mine and my customer's U-joints as well. The fit, function and reliability is 2nd to none.

I use Precsion and SKF most of the time in my business. I like them both. The worst ones are the cheap crap from Autozone.
I only use Precision for all mine and my customer's U-joints as well. The fit, function and reliability is 2nd to none.

This makes me feel a bit better. I try to avoid anything not made here no matter what it is...but particularly car parts.

There is one local supplier of Timken's...I'm going to call in the morning to see if they have one in stock and if it's made in the USA....if they do and it is, i'll have to make a judgment call.

I really appreciate the input fella's.

I know this thread is old but after my experience I felt inclined to post my thoughts on Precision wheel bearing/hub assembly for anyone else out there in 2021 doing research ok what to buy for their vehicle. I own a subaru outback and back in June my front passenger side needed to be replaced and even though I live in a pretty large town with a ton of Advance Auto's, Autozone's, several Napa's and then a few O'Reilly's AND the Subaru dealership, I was only able to find a wheel hub assembly for my car locally at O'Reilly's, so I spent $150 on it and I felt ok with the cost because it lists a 3 year warranty and well I didn't really have any other option! Now on my specific part there were no reviews. So fast forward to present its shot and needs to be replaced! I started thinking in August I was starting to hear a familiar sound but I assumed it must be from the rear passenger side because it couldn't be the front as it was only a few months old! So I ordered 2 from a company recommended by someone on my subaru group. Well I was wrong it is the one that was just replaced in June. So yes it's under warranty but I'd have to pay for another one and then return the bad one but after doing much better research last night I found out that this is very common with this brand and I don't have time to constantly keep replacing the thing every few months and don't want to risk the safety of my daughter and dogs in my car daily or anyone else on the road if this caused an accident.

Way to dig up a 10 year old thread.
I really dont think anyone with the screen name you have would be capable of replacing a wheel bearing, or even knowing what the part looked like.

Even the good ones will sometimes fail. The design of the vehicle is harder on some bearings and easier on others.

We have 5 Caravans at my work and there were Caravans before these ones, gone from crashes and theft but none of them ever required a wheel bearing. Tahoes, especially 4 wd, it's just maintenance. Expect to replace them every 10 years or less if it has big tires.

BCA seems to be the big player now.

I appreciate the ramble.
I've changed a bunch of these hubs on various vehicles.....I was just shocked the place I used to buy em' didn't have anyting made in the USA and I'd never heard of Precision.

Thanks for the input.

This! It is good to have someone on the inside like that man to tell us how it really is and it is appreciated. Dave

See its an old thread but also saw u-joints having precision brand mentioned earlier.
In my younger days with bigger lifts and tires on my Broncos, I went thru a LOT more u-joints.
"Auto_works" (if anyone remembers them) sold Precision (if the same company now a days).
I was used to using Spicers and got used to those.
The one time I got a precision brand it lasted less than a week.
Spicers were about 3-4 months.
Like I said, not sure if same brand/company, but remember how much worse the u-joints were way back when.