RC-ProSpeed

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I haven't had any issues with the kit bearings... and that's running MOD class the entire year almost every weekend, I'm surprise to see people having issues with bearings
I just keep my car clean, no dirty accumulated at the bearings, and they still smooth.

CristianTabush

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It is quite common to not have bearing failures, and it really has little to do with maintenance, so long as you don't put your car through unreasonable abuse. The bearing failures are caused due to poor quality control from the manufacturer of the bearings, not even AE. Avid, for example stress tests every single bearing batch they receive and only accept the highest quality ones. If the bearing batch is no good, it's not sold. It is really hard for car manufacturers to do this, as bearings are not their "trade" focus. The AE bearings are good, there are just bearings out there that are better.

I for one, am not a hobbyist that settles for "good enough" I like to use the best stuff, hence the reason why RSD came to be.

spongerX

Very quickly. I've only run my TC6 about 6 to 8 race days and pulled the bearings to check on them and found 3 CRACKED 6x10 bearings. The bearings were still smooth but the outer race had actually split on 3 of the 4 outer hub bearings. My track doesn't have fixed barriers so they move if the car hits the barriers and I haven't crashed my TC6 near as hard as I used to hit my TC5r. My TC5r never split a bearing once and the original kit bearings lasted about 6 months. I also use a custom Parma front bumper on my TC6 that I carved from a block of their high density foam so bigger bumpers are not the answer to increase AE bearing longevity. All of my AE bearings felt quite stiff out of the bag compared to Avid out of the bag. I degrease all and use light oil but the AE bearings still never got as smooth as the cheap Avid. My solution to the AE bearing issue was to replace with Avid $1 bearings.

Final straw for me and my TC6 was when I stripped an arm mount thread in a rear bulkhead in relatively slow speed collission.

Little John

WoW i checked my bearings today and the first one i check is cracked

olly986

I have fitted Sakura's bearing in my car, they are tighter in hub than AE and are cheap also, just for you to know...

Little John

I just bought avid bearings ill see how long they last hope they hold up.

RC.Jon22

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I've been working on setup on my TC6 and noticed on some setups, the team drivers make changes under Outer Ball & Shims, such as black 2mm, or silver 3mm. I'm assuming this is just the color of the ballstud and the thickness of shim? What is the difference between black and silver ballstuds? And are you guys using the 10mm ballstuds to make it fit with shims?

Little John

Im pretty sure that silver is a little longer and yes many people use 10mm ball studs so they dont strip out.

rangerjkb

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Just purchased a new kit and hope to have it this week for buildup. Never raced Onroad, but looks extremely fun. Coming into this from many years experience with offroad and continue to race these classes. Any "must haves" or "changes" recommendations when building this kit for best performance. Planned to use a Mazda Speed 6 body. Is stock setup good or are there any good starting setups for asphalt/rubber tire/10.5T motor limit/2S/no ESC timing restrictions. Appreciate any chassis setup recommendations or assistance in pointing me in the right direction to obtain.
Thank you,

rangerjkb

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+2 on the Avid Bearings and Steel vs. Ceramic. They (Ceramic) will allow things to spin at higher rates, but the durability/price of good Steel bearings seem to be a better choice.

RC.Jon22

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Thanks..I noticed the black ones are listed as short while silver is long, that explains a lot. I'm not a pro or anywhere close, I'm pretty new to onroad, but I like Tamiya and it does seem to have better quality parts, although the Tamiya screws are awful. The 417 seems to be much smoother (drivetrain, suspension, etc) but I don't have much experience yet with the TC6. The 417 feels like it's built to win, every little detail is perfect. Although I love the fact I can find TC6 parts anywhere and they're cheap. If I had to pick one it would be the 417...there's a reason it's the car that wins so many races. I had an Xray for awhile and couldn't stand spending the premium price for parts, and the whole "xray does not break" theory is completely untrue..it does break, things wear out, and parts are like 3 times the price.

Jay Boyd

Well, I made it to step 1.... Anyone else missing the shock piston bushings in their kit?

cwoods34

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Ironically I used Keven Hebert's carpet mod setup on asphalt with just a few changes (I had a 5.5 boosted). Instead of silver/green springs I ran 16.5/15.5 RSD springs. The car drove great and was VERY easy to drive. You might need to make a few minor changes but it was very close for me.

Also look at Jeff Cuff's 13.5 asphalt setup I'd provide links but replying on my phone............

olly986

All the setups are on AE web site, Rick updates them regularly.

turbodog

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I used the Parma TC5 bumper, the holes match, just cut out the center to fit the TC6, works great!