Originally Posted by pgringo69
look in your local phone book for a bearing supply store. i've got one in my town. the last time i replaced sealed cartridge bearings, i just took one in with me and the dude goes, "oh that's a blah blah blah blah" and pulls a box of them off of a shelf. i suspect the bearings in the iro hubs are chinese. can someone confirm or debunk this please? you might want to upgrade to japanese or usa versions if they are chinese.
I believe it said Taiwan, so yes, chinese, the number as BT said is 6000. Googled breifly with no luck on the Phil W's but found what i belive to be the same ones.