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Re: SC10 Factory Team

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:57 am
by spydur23
slotcarrod wrote:One trick that I do to my racing RC cars is to remove the inner shield from the bearings (grease flushed of course and lubed with a light quality oil). The reason is less resistance on the balls and race of the bearing. :wink: If you do this you need to keep on top of your maintenance, that you should do anyway! I do this trick with my sons racing MX bikes as well, wheels spin with much less resistance! NOTICE only the INNER shield is removed! :mrgreen: You still need to keep dust out with the outer shield!

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Well.... Reggie said it's better, so it had to be done! :lol:

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huh... I gotta buggy a while ago and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why all the shields were gone! :?

Re: SC10 Factory Team by Slotcarrod

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:00 pm
by slotcarrod
Yup, that bearing shield trick is excellent! Just keep up cleaning and lite lube! 8)