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I'm currently rebuilding a spare diff for my coupe. I've had the housing blasted and coated, so now I'm replacing the bearings and seals. I got one bearing number "6306LU" from a bearing and managed to get a set of "6306" bearings for free, however I've found that the ID of this bearing is 30mm where the axle is 32mm. I'm guessing that LU means it's a completely different bearing?
I'm also need to source axle seals which I've had no luck finding part no. for and the collars which hold the bearing onto the axle which I think I'll have to get from Nissan.
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Hmmmm I'm not quite an expert on bearing prefix codes. May pay to ring your local saeco branch or other bearing supplier??
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I Googled at work and the 6306 and 6306lu are the same dimensions... so you might've read the number wrong?
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did you get the 6306LU number off the seal? I think the correct number is 63068/32
with most bearings the last number multiplied by 5 gives the bore diameter, so a 6306 is 30mm ID
as you said the axle bearing diameter is 32mm, the bearing is a special one. the seals will be the same as a normal 6306 so if that's where you got the number from that's why. look for a number on the outer ring.
I would have thought the easiest and cheapest way would be to buy a wheel bearing kit that includes bearing, seal and locking collar. from an automotive supplier. I got mine from Repco but it was years ago, hopefully they're still available though, still plenty of H165 driving around so they should be
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alright some bearing knowledge................... LU is just the arrangement of the seal as there can be LLU, ZZ, LLB, NO LETTERS after it etc
you can still buy a wheel bearing kit from saeco Wilson, I have some at home that come with the seal and the collar, there should be NO issues in getting this stuff
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Thanks for the help guys!
That number was from the seal so I'll have another look to see if there's a number on the outer ring.
Any chance you have a part no. for the entire kit?
I rang up Saeco today and got told you could only get the bits individually which added up to over $110 per side. Not to keen on paying that much just yet.
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I've got lock collars from BNT before.
I think they can do a whole kit.
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Nick wrote:Thanks for the help guys!
That number was from the seal so I'll have another look to see if there's a number on the outer ring.
Any chance you have a part no. for the entire kit?
I rang up Saeco today and got told you could only get the bits individually which added up to over $110 per side. Not to keen on paying that much just yet.
BNT - 2848KIT - 72mmx32mmx19mm bearing size - looks like plenty around the country - i had to look up 910 with solid rear and 140J, both have H165, as the 1200 only has listing for H145.

Bout $55+gst a side.
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