Tom_Tams Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I'm having some fun tracking down differential bearings for my '39. The outer race of the bearings installed on my carrier had the number 11360-Z, which Collector's Auto Supply had listed as the outer race for a 38-38 Olds or a '37 to mid 50's Chev passenger car. They had the bearing for '38- '39 Buick S40 & 60 as KA11445 which seems to interchange as a KC11445.My car was built in Oshawa and sometimes when you open them up there's a surprise in store. That said, all the other numbers seem to check out.I think that the KA11445 may be slightly larger, The outer races of the presently installed bearings were slightly scored, which would seem to indicate that they had been turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Tom, Try Chev's of the 40s... Chevs of the 40s Chevrolet Car Parts Page 1 CHEVROLET BEARING & SEAL, REAR AXLERear Axle Bearing & seal, 1937-41 uses Inner Race #111120. For 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Chevrolet Cars 111119B 37^54Click for more details $100.00 Kit CHEVROLET BEARING -REAR AXLERear Axle Bearing. 1937-41 uses Inner Race #111120. For 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Chevrolet Cars 111119 37-54Click for more details $85.75 Each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 A past repairer may have done some machining to get a bearing to fitDoes you car have 5 or 6 wheel studs?For a similar exercise on 1936 seehttp://forums.aaca.org/f117/hyatt-bearing-inner-ring-1508-a-319560.htmlhttp://forums.aaca.org/f165/1936-century-bearing-help-319564.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Tams Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I did some measuring and cross referencing and have come to the conclusion that I have to use KA11360-Z bearing sets, nothing else will fit, it is the Chev bearing also known as 127861 and 149523.The car has 6 stud wheels, same as Chevrolet (in Canada anyway) There were some strange things happen with parts swaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) 127861 and 149523 look a bit like GM part numberKA11360-Z may be a manufactures numbers Google KA11360Z bearing brings up many e.g.KA11360Z by BCA BEARING - Buy or Repair at PLCCenter - PLCCenter.com992-17001-0000, K55-0008 - Bearings.Terry S has a McLaughlin parts book Edited January 23, 2012 by 1939_buick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Tams Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I ordered a set of KA11360-Z bearings from Discount Auto Parts.com. They wanted $75.00 each which was competitive or better.Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Industrial bearing suppliers are usually a lot cheaper than car parts places. Given an industrial bearing supplier a part number or walk in and they can often find an equivalent. Just try to talk to guy behind the counter with grey hair & a pile off old bearing manufacturers catalog's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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