Originally Posted by
Wildcat1971
Has anyone noticed that they blow out in the inside rear bearings more or less with the aluminum hubs vs the plastic hubs? Same with ball studs on the hub? My daughter has gone through 4 bearings in the rear in 6 weeks and she has had 3 studs rip in half. Well actually my kid has. I am thinking the aluminum hubs are the main issue. I have some b44 plastic hubs that seem to have less issue. But my kid use 1.5 deg alum hubs and they dont make a plastic 1.5. She broke on the practice lap tonight, but the RD let her run my b4 in the main. She didnt do as well, but I told her to not break my buggy, lol. So she singled everything.
The aluminum hubs are less forgiving when hitting things. Sound like she's hitting the pipe and/or landing on that wheel more than others. I have broken ball studs, but it was after landing on the rear wheel awkward or hitting something.