KTR soilid top mounts service kit

[ripp]

I have these on my car for 6 years now and one of them has some play in the bearing. Their service kit is a little of my budget now considering that I'll also have to pay for transport to my country (around 40 quid) which will make the whole deal cost me like 110 quid. (too much for a bearing)
Has anyone dissasembled one of these and if so do you think it's possible to machine such a bearing or buy it from somewhere else?
Thanks!

 

[haimsey]

You should be able to get the bearings from other places, after all KTec must buy them from someone. Might be worth having a search on the internet for a local bearing specialist/supplier

 

[ripp]

Yep I have some local suppliers, problem is that I have no idea what kind of bearing I need. I took the mounts off and couldn't see a bearing code or someth. Pulling the bearing out and measuring it looks like the only way to do this

 

[jamie_trials]

Feels wrong to bump such an old topic but did you manage to find out the bearing size?

Cheers!

 

[plees]

I bought my bearings from comp brake, phoned them up and discussed it, was under half the price of ktec if I remember correctly!

 

[alistairolsen]

@jamie_trials I bought mine online, just pull the old ones out and measure them, theyre standard metric sphericals.

I replaced mine with GEH20ES-2RS SKF Spherical Bearing 20mm Steel/Steel from Wych bearings
http://www.wychbearings.co.uk/geh20es-2rs_skf_spherical_bearing.html

Make sure you recover the small steel shim/seal from the old assembly, grease the new bearing and take your time pressing them in and out of the aluminium housings.

 

[jamie_trials]

@jamie_trials
Make sure you recover the small steel shim/seal from the old assembly, grease the new bearing and take your time pressing them in and out of the aluminium housings.

Nice one cheers. Unable to measure the bearings as they're in my brothers 172 until he gets his new PMS mounts then I get his old ones haha :smile:

I'll take your word for it, thanks a lot!

 

[ripp]

Wow thx for the info on this!