Technical Roller or tapered bearings ???

Have a couple of vehicles using 52 chev front axles , recently bought another front axle at a market that had new king pins installed , couldn't buy the king pins for what I paid for the axle .Told me the brakes ,hubs ect were in a box in the truck .
Long story short there was all new wheel bearings , tapered and ball and a disk brake conversion kit .
Dont plan on using the conversion kit ,but should I use the tapered bearings ??
Have more sets of roller bearings than I can shake a stick at .
Putting together a drop axle for my chev 33 3 window .

 

Less wobble with roller bearings because of the taper and the loading via proper adjustment…plus they hold the lubrication better.

 

I'd use the ball bearings. OEM tapered roller bearings are pretty good, but the ones that are made by the aftermarket to replace ball bearings, have fewer rollers, etc.

 

I was hoping you would chime in squirrel!!
Not sure if the tapered bearings are American made , roller are NOS New Departure ?
Havent looked at the stuff for awhile .
I probably have 10 sets of bearings and cups
And one set of tapers. Figuired I should keep the vehicles all the same ,unless some great advantage to using the tapers .
Never have had any bearing problems trailer or car ,a little maintenance goes a long way...

 

Both work if in good shape, properly setup and lubricated.
I’ve taken apart new sealed bearing on new cars to find ball bearings.
I personally feel unsealed tapered bearings lubricate better than unsealed ball bearings.
my thoughts are the OEs switched to save money on maintenance or warranty claims.
Either one is plenty good for a lightweight car.

 

I generally pull the drums and hubs in the spring to check bearings and wheel cylinders for corrosion ,alum pucks ,steel sleeves and adjust the brakes .