Cat

should i use special grease for ceramic diff balls?
I've order the ceramic diff balls from acer too.

imataquito

sumacher thanks .... i called skf ... they quoted me a price of rm9 per piece

which is ... rm3.8 = 1 usd

so it works out to be around usd2.50 a piece
do you think this is ok ??
mite be able to get a better price if i ask my dad to help me get them ....

schumacher

imataquito

yeah thats a good price. i would certainly go for them.

Does anyone know what the C rating on acerbearings is?

sanj

imataquito

ok...

i was just thinking do they have sealed bearings like those from tamiya ??

i will be asking them more about it when i call them again .. thinking of getting c3 specs with no friction seals z series ..
with polymyde cage P and ceramic balls Ce2

btw which catalog did u look at to get the part number for the one u gave me ?? its not in the general catalog

tony montana

iTrader: (76)

I personally think niftech sells the best bearings. A buddy of mine ordered a whole set for his tc3 and man what a differnce they made. You could push the car with no pinion on the motor and it seemed like it would roll forever. Twice as far as my xxx-s does. And talk about better straight away speed.The only down fall is they are kind of expensive.

ChristopherKee

iTrader: (28)

Niftech is the king of selling the same product you can get from others for 4x to 5x the price. The Niftech bearings (metal shielded) and the Acer are the exact same (my opinion). I have both for my Losi dif and down to the balls and pressing they are the same. Acer price $1.46 per bearing, Niftech $7.95. That is just lude-ah-cris...


With Acer having all thier bearings on sale right now.. it's the best deal in town.

schumacher

imatquito

Where I work, we get a military aerospace bearing catalogue so it has many more variables printed in it than the general catalogue.

stuff like thermal expansion at 40C and 100C etc is in it, whereas that would not be in the general catalogue.

You will probably have the same bearing just it won't have been tested as thoroughly which for RC use is not a problem as it brings the cost down!

As I said before, there are only a handful of people who make the bearings, the rest of the guys out there are like Computer Manufacturers, they by the OEM spec stuff, put it together and sell it. SKF, Timken etc are like the intels and AMD's of the bearing world. They make the bearings in the first place.

sanj

imataquito

ok aerospace catalog ..... hehehe
OMG ....
hhehe looks like i gota make a trip down to the skf office myself to chekc out their products ....

Speed Demon

iTrader: (3)

hello imataquito,

I got to know from schumacer that you're ordering some ceramic bearings from skf.. do they have it?? I did call skf malaysia office in sentul and one of their engineer called me and told me that the bearing need to be ordered from usa... he also told me that he is in rc too... but nitro... but he don't have the price yet.. maybe your contact person has more infomation....

BTW, I am actually looking for bearings with ceramic balls for my pro 3.... if affordable, I was thinkin to replace the whole sets of it... anyway, where actually your location??? I used to play in Subang SS19... you?? maybe we know each other but I dont recognise your username... if you do know me... drop me a line...maybe we can order the bearing together to save a bit...



regards..

dexter

jwwu

Hey there... Spongebob and popsracer!

What do y'all think of your new bearings (teflon and polyamide)?

I'm especially curious about the polyamide ones... what on earth are they like?

Peter Busch

I haven't gotten them yet, hopefully today.

popsracer

jwwu;

First race with them this Saturday. Probably won't be able to tell at first until the grease gets spread around inside them.

Peter Busch

Just got my bearings in the mail today. The new polymide seem to be a little more free then the teflon without doing anything to them. The seals are a transparent red but they come in other colors for different sizes. Without running them they seem like really nice bearings, teflon or polymide. I'll try to get a picture for ya.

Peter Busch

hope it worked

Peter Busch

Kinda blury but you get the point.