hooraah
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SKF is the best in the world. Period. If you bought some for less than $2 each, I would keep an eye on them.
Good point. I realized that the lowest bidder on a bearing probably isn't giving me the highest quality part, but then what would I get in a reman pulley from duralast/dayco? From the Ford dealer? Its hard to say unless you're in the supply chain, but its definitely not an SKF because the bearing itself is more than the whole pulley from the auto parts store.
If this were my every day truck, I might be more discerning with parts, but this thing is a beater. The bearings that came out had a little grind to them when you spun them but didn't wobble at all after probably 200k miles. These bearings run smooth, but may not stay that way for long. Who knows? I suspect the bearings I put in are better than what came out, and for a truck I drive maybe 1k miles/year thats good enough for me. Maybe I should make that more explicit when telling other people how to do it.
I don't want you to think I'm arguing with you too hard, I appreciate the advice especially from someone with industry experience. I'm actually in engineering myself but in my field we have people dedicated to only doing bearings so I don't see too much of that.