Type 44 rear suspension parts interchange?

[frank j. bauer]

the following reply is not specific to your bearing housing:
in general, the 2nd and 3rd group of "numbers" (505 432A) define the 
part and the 1st group (443/4A0) define the platform.
aamof that is the preferred sort order for parts lists.
quite often i have had in hand otherwise identical parts that differed 
only in the 1st 3 digits.
ymmv...

iirc specifically for the bearing housing, there was an early change due 
to slight differences in the suspension design.
i think this change occurred between 86 & 87.
you might be able to verify this on ETKA.
almost 15 years ago i did a suspension upgrade and complete rebuild on a 
grey market 86 tqw, so i had that completely apart and was expert at the 
time.
i remember there being a few parts that were not interchangeable 
throughout that range.

btw the t44 rear suspension is a sophisticated design.

frank

Dave C wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a bad wheel bearing in the rear of my 87 5ktq and want to replace it
> ASAP due to a planned trip a few days from now.  I thought it was tire
> noise, but learned today it is a failing bearing, and pretty far gone.  So
> I'm considering my options.
> 
> I don't have a replacement bearing on hand, and time is short.
> 
> But I do have a complete rear suspension from an 89 200Q, with good
> bearings, and wonder if I could swap the wheel bearing housing from it onto
> my 87.  ETKA shows different part numbers for the bearing housings which
> raises an obvious question about whether this would work.
> 
> For the 87 it's 443 505 432A
> For the 89 it's 4A0 505 432A
> 
> Does anyone know if these can be interchanged?