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Old 08-21-2011, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim K
Did you mean the tiny balls inside the thrust bearing? or the overall bearing assembly size?

I'm not 100% sure on the thrust bearing size but I know you can use a normal 1150 wheel bearing in place of the thrust bearing to really tighten up the diff action ... in fact, it's closer to a spool than a diff when you do that.
Yup, those tiny balls. The thrust bearing is supposed to spin as free as possible right? I don't think that it should tighten or loosen itself (assuming those balls from the 1150 are larger) due to any binding, or contribute to any diff action for that matter. I wanted to get a few sets of ceramic balls over eBay, hence the inquiry.

http://myworld.ebay.com/hobbybearing...id=p4340.l2559

Anyone has any idea what the size is? Both the overall thrust bearing assembly size and the tiny balls. If not I'll take a few measurements and come up with an average in a few hours time. Cheers

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