Just taking a poll here. Was wondering where you guys get your bearings. Do you buy a few good bearings or do you buy the cheapies in bulk. Amain has clutch bearings for $1 a piece. HPI sells 2 for $13. Where do all the 1/8 scale guys go and which ones do they use?
cant beat avid revolutions
I buy the cheapy $1 a piece boca bearings at LH hobby shop. That's right BOCA came out with $1 a piece bearings in any RC size, now available at your LHS.
avids... i get 2 gal outta mine for clutch.
Tex avids are only a $1 also
i thought u were going to place a big order G
I know George but unlike you I support Leisure hours and spend my money there. j/k bud
joe that fell threw, never got enough interest to make it worth while.
Gabe, LH is not a local hobby shop for me, its well over an hour- 1.5 hours away. I usually stop there if I am at the track, but no way is it possible for me to run down there for a few clutch bearings. My job is a 24/ 7 job so I just cant be gone for 3 hours to run to a lhs when I can do it a work online.
Sorry bud if this offends you, but I dont want LH supports/workers/or ownership to think I dont support them. I love the store but they are just not local. Mylocal hobby shop is HT ST CHarles - enough said there.
I didn't take offense to that....Your all good with me bro, I was just razzin' ya, I know you live in BFE ST.C....
ya Al's had the 1$ boca exploding clutch bearings also atleast they were only a dollar cuz i went through about 12 of them in a race day
I'm still on a set I bought about 4 months ago with 1 1/2 gallons on them.
Seems like I havnt driven my cars in 4 monthes and thier exploding on the shelf.
dude quit sitting there for an hour a day with your compressor spinning the clutchbell and maybe they wont be exploding before you drive them.
http://www.avidrc.com/
Haha, I cant help myself. I love the vroom vroom sound that makes. LOL
For my next question. I got my bearings, one side has the yellow rubber seal, the other has a metal shield. If I face the rubber seal towards the clutch shoes will it melt? Or should the metal shield face the clutch? Tell me wise ones...
Rubber side out. Away from the shoes.
snakebite46 Wrote:Rubber side out. Away from the shoes.
Thanks . I thought it would melt. Just maken sure :wavey:
I get the Racers-Edge metal shielded bearings. 10 of them run me 13 dollars. Thats the least I've paid so far for metal shielded 5x10's. I'm going to check out the avid ones.