Originally Posted by
Rcdiver
Ron....
Thanks for the reply. It seems my post was taken out of context...dam digital age...
I wasn't implying that you or your company would not be helpful nor that i thought you were neglecting to respond. The reason for the post after the pm's was simply that i didn't know which was the best way to contact you. Sorry if it came across as a dig at you, that was definitely not my intention (after re-reading it, i can see how it could be mistaken).
That being said, would you feel comfortable trusting that the inner seal kept out the dust from the track while it was sucking enough air to kill the engine immediately if hit with the smallest shot of electrical cleaner behind the flywheel? If what you're telling me is accurate, then i should be able to put a new front bearing in & have the same performance as another who did not have this premature seal failure. If this is "normal wear & tear" in a front bearing, would it be safe to assume that i should stock these in my pit box & be prepared to change them before the main of every week's club race? Not gonna happen....
I appreciate that you're doing what you can to keep the pricepoint reasonable for us club level racers. But if this is the quality of the parts that go into your product, then i'm afraid I'll have to pass. I was hoping you would make good on this obvious defect and, at minimum, replace the bearing for me. Instead, you chose to attempt to blow smoke up my a$$ and tell me i'm SOL. That, was not cool.
If your best solution to a 1 race old front bearing failure is that it's "normal wear & tear", i believe i will look elsewhere for my engine tuning advice. Sad to see a company like Werks slipping & not standing by their product....
Wow, nice response. Now I'm blowing smoke up your a$$? I've never lied to anyone about anything nor as you put it blown smoke up anyones a$$. Bearings fail, that's part of life. It just happens. Does not matter what engine you run, does not really matter how old they are. I guess it is acceptable when your clutch bearings, diff bearings, wheel bearings and every other type of bearing fails on your car but for some reason a tiny little front bearing rotating at 20-35k rpm is never supposed to fail lol? It happens, it's part of life. Do you have to replace your front bearing every time that you go to the track and all of the other nonsense that you are saying? No, but 3/4 gallon is not a tank nor is it just one day at the track. The bottom line is you do need to periodically inspect things just like you do with the rest of your car right? And I will ad that if you do find something that looks out of the norm then you should replace it. This is the difference between being consistently finishing races and breaking all the time.
To answer your question
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That being said, would you feel comfortable trusting that the inner seal kept out the dust from the track while it was sucking enough air to kill the engine immediately if hit with the smallest shot of electrical cleaner behind the flywheel? If what you're telling me is accurate, then i should be able to put a new front bearing in & have the same performance as another who did not have this premature seal failure.
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Can you tell me how you are sure that you did not get a rock or piece of dirt behind your flywheel that did not cause the shield to pop off. Try popping it back on with just your finger tip to see exactly how little force it takes which is why I say it is just something that can just happen and not a warranty thing. Beyond that though as far as your question is concerned the answer is yes, if your shield fell off any dirt that might have gotten in the bearing should be contained in the grease in the bearing and would not have made it past the inner rubber shield. People have front bearings completely disintegrate like the cages come completely apart. Replace it, engine runs fine. It's really not the big deal that you seem to be trying to make out of it which brings me to....
Now having said that I told you that the bearing is a wear and tear item and was not covered under warranty but the thing that is more of a concern to me was the fact that you mentioned initially that your rod bushing was shot. That is the bigger issue and why I was asking you for details about it which you seem to have decided to completely overlook when you decided to fixate on berating me about a bearing that you can buy for all of $9 and replace in minutes. I was interested in getting additional detail about this because if indeed there was some issue with the bushing on your rod that could somehow be contributed to the front bearing shield popping off I was going to offer to take care of it because I do stand behind our products and try to help all of our customers out as much as possible. So next time before you decide to flip out on a person you might want to read what they wrote a little bit better.