Spent all day Saturday rebuilding the race quad. Pulled the carrier out of the Burgard swinger and realized I screwed up and only ordered one set of bearings...its a twin row carrier and this is the first time I ever took one apart.
Well I called my buddy who owns a auto repair shop to see if he could help me. I gave him the number off the race and he called his local napa store and called me back to say they had 2 on hold for me. I called my wife and she went to get them. Well she showed up and gave me the 2 bearings and the receipt $94.96
I thought WTH and on the receipt it showed regular price was $64 each and my buddies discount was $45 each.
Well I paid about $45 for a set of all balls bearings with the seals!!!!
Now I look up the part# online and see they can be had for as little as $10 each up to $50 for ceramic bearings.
NAPA is freaking crazy, they are just skf sealed bearings. I will be returning them and going to the local bearing warehouse Monday to get both for the cost of one. Just a heads up if soneone is replacing the swinger bearings to call around and use the number on the edge of the bearig housing. You will be surprised to see the markup we are paying to pivot works, all balls and these companies. They are no where near as bad as NAPA though.
And by the way the quad is undergoing a full remodel. ALL gloss black powder coat, frame, arms, swinger, nerfs. New graphics with dark green and black carbon fiber looking tribal and the bumpers front and rear are polished to appear chrome. Will post pics when finished oh yeah and a right side pipe.
Well I called my buddy who owns a auto repair shop to see if he could help me. I gave him the number off the race and he called his local napa store and called me back to say they had 2 on hold for me. I called my wife and she went to get them. Well she showed up and gave me the 2 bearings and the receipt $94.96
I thought WTH and on the receipt it showed regular price was $64 each and my buddies discount was $45 each.
Well I paid about $45 for a set of all balls bearings with the seals!!!!
Now I look up the part# online and see they can be had for as little as $10 each up to $50 for ceramic bearings.
NAPA is freaking crazy, they are just skf sealed bearings. I will be returning them and going to the local bearing warehouse Monday to get both for the cost of one. Just a heads up if soneone is replacing the swinger bearings to call around and use the number on the edge of the bearig housing. You will be surprised to see the markup we are paying to pivot works, all balls and these companies. They are no where near as bad as NAPA though.
And by the way the quad is undergoing a full remodel. ALL gloss black powder coat, frame, arms, swinger, nerfs. New graphics with dark green and black carbon fiber looking tribal and the bumpers front and rear are polished to appear chrome. Will post pics when finished oh yeah and a right side pipe.
