After Market Parts!.

I know Robin, ....Your right, getting good Data on so many parts is difficult, and more parts suppliers springingi up all over the place as well, with different brands dosen't help much in the quality dept.

Cheers Axle

The aftermarket has a place when the orinigal manufacter no longers sells parts.
Cheers Pete

G'day Kimba (and others).

You will probably find that Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Holden,Ford etc,etc do not make bearings, so if you bought 'aftermarket' in Toyota packaging, you probably bought whatever brand that Toyota buys.

Most likely, most car manufacturers use a reputable bearing supplier, like Timken, SKF, FAG (ok, I don't like the name either, but quality bearings), and other well known bearing manufacturers, the same as they use Nippon Denso Electrics for distributors and coils etc, (right down to your light globes), and other suppliers of specialty parts.

Aftermarket can be a mis-nomer ... 'no-name' is possibly more appropriate, if you have never heard of them, or they are made in a 3rd world country.

Cheers, Dave

P.S.
Used to work for an SKF distributer, and we had 'genuine' Holden & Ford wheel bearings for box & boat trailers on the shelf, at a fraction of the cost the dealer down the road would charge you.

I've bought bearings from terrain Tamer over the years. They have been Timken and Koyo which are two of the brands Toyota use. Cost was about $35 per wheel for a bearing kit.