Islero 400GT and Islero S 400GT reference page
a technical comparision resource for all
Lamborghini Miura enthusiasts
Islero notes-
January 2012 -
Hi Marc, I just rebuilt the differential in my Islero
6159. The main bearing were pitted a bit, I assume from water
condensing in the differential as it set for many year. I had a
local transmission shop do the work and they didn't seem to have a
problem. Now back to the bearings. Once I was told the
bearings were bad I called the standard Lamborghini parts people
and was told that generic bearings would be $250 a piece and OEM would
be $750 a piece. This is crazy, Lamborghini never made their own
bearing. So, I had the old bearing pressed out and guess what
they are Timken bearings. The cone is 348A and the cup is
362X. I went on line and found the roller cage cone, for
something like $18.00. The surprise came when the cup (separate
large outer race)was quoted at $85.00. The standard 362 cup is
around $15, so I called Timken and they said the 362 is not
interchangeable with the 362X and that the 362X was a heaver duty
race. So with all that I ordered them (348A/362X) from a standard
Timken supplier for less than half what it would have cost me if I
hadn't done some checking. Differential went back together
without a problem and I hope to have it back in the car in a few
week. Hope this helps Happy New
Year, Jonathan
March 2008 -
Daniel wrote: Dear all, I need some help with
gaining access to the wheel bearings. I am rebuilding the wheel
(front and back). I do not have the original pieces and therefore
can not find exactly what bearings they are. May I request
for help in finding out the exact sizes, norms, etc of these bearings.
best regards to all,
Daniel Islero 6252
------------
John T wrote: Hi Daniel, I have just replaced the wheel bearing on my Islero and I used following bearings from SKF
2 Stk SKF 4204 ATN9 .
2 32X62X20 double row bearing, deep groove. RIV8831 (
you can get these at http://www.peters-bearings.de/)
2 NU2207
2 4208
2 shaft sealing 40 x 52 x 7
2 shaft sealing 55 x 70 x 8mm
2 shaft sealing 52 x 72 x 10mm
Best regards John T
-----------
Craig wrote: Hi John, Thank you for the wheel bearing info. Can i ask
some more questions for my own records? did you purchase all from
http://www.peters-bearings.de/ thru phone? email order? credit card?
paypal? The 32X62X20 double row bearing, deep groove RIV8831 i
could not find
available. Can you give us more info on this? price? size? numbers?
markings? thanks for your help on this , Craig
----------
Hi Craig, I am in a lucky position, that I work in company that
use many bearings, so I get bearings a special price. Either FAG
and SKF have the 32X62X20 bearing, but Peter bearings has them both in
original and non original, which according to Peter is reworked SKF
bearings. 580 Eur excl.sale tax for the original and 180 Eur
excl. sale tax for the non original. I bought the non
original and they look fine. Peter speaks English and he accepts
PayPal. By the way the bearings I replaced look like
new. All RIV expect for the small one in front wheel.
John T
-------------
