AXIOM Unit Bearings

[ghetdjc320]

Anyone ever heard of this company? Supposedly upgraded internals but not very specific. Timken appears to be all outsourced now. SKF has been my go to but I’d be all for a truly upgraded unit if there is such a thing

[89 MJ]

I’ve heard that Timken is now moving production back to the US. Not sure if this is true or where in that transition they are though. 
 

Never heard of this Axiom company. 

[golddigger]

they have alot of high grade products

[Eagle_SX4]

I ordered SKF bearings to rebuild the hubs in my Eagle. I opened the box and was surprised to see Timken bearings inside. 

[AZJeff]

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a Timken bearing made in a facility other than the USA.  Timken has had production operations in multiple countries outside the US, and they all build products to the same standard for that particular bearing.

 

 Any claims of evidence that Timken parts made in “country X” that is not the USA is strictly anecdotal,  with no statistical backing to such claims.

[ghetdjc320]

I think we all know that there are only a handful of manufacturers and I’m not saying that a quality product cannot be had from China as we all know it can. However, back to the original question, any info on Axiom? @golddigger, any information or experience with them? 
 

As for timken or SKF, they still are oe design. The question is whether there is a truly superior engineered product available (which Axiom claims to be). Something that can stand up to heavier tires and less wheel offset which tends to kill oe style units. I’ve bought many a Timken bearing over the years but the last two sets I purchased did not last at all and started to become noisy within a few thousand miles. One on my MJ with 33’s and one set on my TJ with 30” tires. Keep in mind that I run the 99.5+ style unit bearings for the slightly different offset and longer lug studs. In the TJ world, these are the Timken units that seem to be having higher than anecdotal failure rates recently, and the timing is suspiciously close to when production moved. Of course, there also appear to be counterfeit Timkens floating around. I haven’t had any premature failures with SKF so far. But again, the question here is Axiom