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so looking over Ken's blog showing the bearing he used to rebuild his center link on his 37 and I see it is a 6203-ffa, which equates to 6203-2rs, etc etc.

so I ordered some bearings months ago to rebuild some center links. they were 6203, but the size is completely wrong.

anyone care to tell me what I did wrong here? did they change the bearing size?

I can still get the one from NAPA that Ken used, but its 15 bucks a pop!! I bought the 10 pack I have for 9 bucks, just they are useless now.

even the cross referenced number on autozone points to the smaller bearing. wth!

the ones I bought months ago were
ID (Inner Diameter): 17 mm
OD (Outer Diameter): 40 mm
Thickness: 12 mm

which is too small.

the napa one is linked below and is larger.


napaonline.com/en/p/BRG6203FFA

here is the autozone one, which is smaller

autozone.com/drivetrain/clutch-pilot-bea ... rman-clutch-pilot-bearing/41533_0_0

link to Ken's blog

packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb ... lat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=50

looks like there is a difference, the FFA is for agricultural products and somehow is different.

found it at oreilly for much less or one can use Toro 251-207 cheaply enough.

and another good number 1635-2RS

oreillyauto.com/detail/masterpro-bearing ... 803/bearing/203ffa/4495862?q=203ffa

ebay.com/itm/10-pcs-1635-2RS-C3-rubber-s ... X%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

10 for 25 bucks. boom! apparently I was just using this thread for my thought process. oh well, maybe this will help others in the future.

these bearings in the ebay link fit perfect btw. 1635-2rs