Donkey Doctor, nothing could have saved my axles/spindles since the bearings that my car (Geo Metro) used were ball bearings which are sealed and lubricated at the factory, not the more common beveled roller bearings which you lubricate yourself. This was for the rear axles by the way. The bearings were plain junk that were indeed 'name brand' or I suspect perhaps just packaged in name brand boxes!

$8 and $12 that's not bad. Were these the Boca bearings?