Ucp204-12 Pillow Block Mounted Ball Bearing with 2 Pack - 3/4" Hole - Cast Iron Solid Base - Self Aligning

I picked these up to use for my steering on my Baja Bug build. When I was looking at the measurements in th head I was a bit worried they would be too big to use. As it turns out they are perfect and WAY better than what you find on the off road websites. These are not flimsy and cheap. They are robust and built very well and will most likely out live the Baja. I am very impressed with them, the fact that they have zert fitting's is fantastic as I can lube them up after playing out in the desert. The price is amazing as these are well worth more.

Parts came quickly, look good

By all appearances this should be a solid product. Pretty simple technically. But I had two issues with it. First, when the bearing was being pressed into the housing, a small round metal ball got stuck between the two. This caused the bearing to be installed incorrectly, which would have caused operational issues. I tried to use a press to remove the bearing, but it was permanently stuck/welded. The bottom line - this should not have happened and is a quality issue, but I able to fix it with a press. Not everyone has a press, though. Second, there is limited clearance to you to insert an Allen wrench and tighten the set screws, as the housing sticks out a bit too far. I ground a small notch in the housing to provide the needed clearance. The bottom line - this would be an easy design fix.

Swamp cooler runs much smoother with these

I purchased this for a project I am building (retractable golf simulator screen mechanism), and cannot be more happy with the product! It has all the features listed and they are all working as should be. I am amazed at how heavy duty this product is. While cleaning up a CR 3/4 Bar stock to fit in the bore of this, I dropped the same product a dozen time or more on concrete from a height of 4' and not cracks or breaks, Paint is very minorly chipped. I would recommend.