Thread: Rip off of the week

Originally Posted by Carbine

Just ordered 3x wheel hubs for an 07 Xtrail, price in nz from supercheap/repco 1400-1500ish dollars - ordered the same bearing from broomfish nz for 140$ delivered that repco sells for $387 and 2 front hubs for 220$nz delivered from aussie that retails from repco for $507 each so pays to shop around 360$ in parts vs 1400$ plus is alot easier to swallow

With prices like that I would expect Chinese bearings, I got a Chinese bearing from Repco years ago and there was no grease in it.
Price isn't the best choice to use for parts purchase, quality is what people should look for.
Top outer ball joints on a Hilux replaced every WOF until quality joints were installed.

Originally Posted by 19Badger

With prices like that I would expect Chinese bearings, I got a Chinese bearing from Repco years ago and there was no grease in it.
Price isn't the best choice to use for parts purchase, quality is what people should look for.
Top outer ball joints on a Hilux replaced every WOF until quality joints were installed.

Maybe the rear one is an ABD group bearing nz company so should be ok ish and the 2 front from aussie are 220$ shipped and reviews suggest they are decent for the money but in all reality it was a 1500$ xtrail with a cvt noise which was the front left inner cv bearing was sloppy as all fuck with no grease or roller bearings in the spider gears so was loose as all hell and that was the noise so doing the front hubs as at 220$ price why not flogged cv would have put abit of wear into one so just do both.
The kelpro fronts are 850 - pair and rears 880 each so better then 1650 bucks for the same function but higher quality bearings only going by name and price

Im just hope that the cvt gearbox last longer then the bearing/hubs and ill be happy

Originally Posted by Carbine

Maybe the rear one is an ABD group bearing nz company so should be ok ish and the 2 front from aussie are 220$ shipped and reviews suggest they are decent for the money but in all reality it was a 1500$ xtrail with a cvt noise which was the front left inner cv bearing was sloppy as all fuck with no grease or roller bearings in the spider gears so was loose as all hell and that was the noise so doing the front hubs as at 220$ price why not flogged cv would have put abit of wear into one so just do both.
The kelpro fronts are 850 - pair and rears 880 each so better then 1650 bucks for the same function but higher quality bearings only going by name and price

Im just hope that the cvt gearbox last longer then the bearing/hubs and ill be happy

Just go straight to ABD in future.
How many km on the CVT? and how often has it been serviced?

Originally Posted by 19Badger

Just go straight to ABD in future.
How many km on the CVT? and how often has it been serviced?

235k changed filters and full fluid flush before driving it around as a daily

Originally Posted by Carbine

235k changed filters and full fluid flush before driving it around as a daily

Nissan recommended a service every 60,000k, and a service is actually a flush.
At 237k it's probably on borrowed time if it hasn't been serviced regularly.