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August 31, 2013

Avid caged diff thrust bearings

Associated and TLR owners can upgrade their diff with an Avid caged diff thrust bearing. The Avid caged bearings make working on your diff much easier, and you don’t have to stress out about losing one of those tiny thrust balls. You also won’t have to get your hands covered in black grease to build the thrust assembly. Avid offers 3 types of diff thrust for varying levels of cost, maintenance, and performance. Tungsten Carbide balls are more true in size and harder than steel, so they are smoother and last longer, but diff setting is still relatively easy. Ceramic balls are completely smooth and the hardest material they offer. This makes for the smoothest feeling, but the diff setting is the most narrow window of adjustment. Steel balls are the least expensive and easiest to set the diff. They do not stay smooth for as long as Tungsten Carbide or Ceramic so there is a small drop in performance for the lower price. Fits all B4.2, T4.2, SC10.2, SC10B and previous models along with TLR 22, 22T, 22 SCT.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

July 25, 2013

Mibosport steel and ceramic ball bearings

Mibosport introduce their new line of standard and ceramic high-performance ball bearings. Coming in two specifications as red rubber sealed standard steel ball races and orange shielded ceramic ball variant, both of them are lightly oiled to further reduce friction and to improve performance. The bearings are available in sets of four or as complete car kit.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

June 26, 2013

MR..Roche blades, ceramic bearings & car bags

Roche, under their MR..Roche brand have released this new line of products starting with shaft blades for the Yokomo BD5/BD7 (Blue), Tamiya TRF415V5 (Pink) and Xray T3/T4 and VBC WildFire (Orange). These are made from a special self lubricating material, the low friction blade provide a smoother and higher performance on the drive-train. Next up is its line of MR (Marc Rheinard) ceramic ball bearings featuring a high quality pink and blue rubber seal. Available in 4pcs of 10x15x4mm or 4pcs of 5x10x4mm, the friction is reduced to near zero, so your car’s acceleration and top speed will be even better. For transporting your touring car chassis there is a new MR..Roche carry bag. The black case features the MR..Roche logo and colorful trim and comes with a handle and shoulder strap. Size 43cm(L) x 20cm(W) x 15cm(H).

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May 21, 2013

Yeah Racing bearing measuring tool

Yeah Racing release this simple aluminum bearing and motor bearing inner diameter measuring tool. Blue anodised, it can measure different bearing dimensions from 2mm to 15mm as well as motor bearings with and inner diameter of 3.18mm.

Source: Yeah Racing [rcmart.com]

May 18, 2013

P-S-R OT1 low-friction bearing sets

Power-Save-Racing introduce their OT1 low-friction ball bearing sets for many of today’s 1/8th off-road buggies. Available for the 8ight 2.0/3.0, RC8, MBX6/7, MP9 TKI2/3, RB One R and XB9 the sets include RS and ZZ shielded bearings with the RS ball races are used in very exposed areas whereas the low friction ZZ shielded bearings are used in protected parts of the chassis. The result is a drivetrain with less friction compared to a car running all-rubber sealed bearings.

Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]

April 23, 2013

Yeah Racing TC6.1 and TT-02 bearing kits

Yeah Racing introduce a total of four new ball bearing kits for the Team Associated TC6.1 World Car Factory Team kit and the Tamiya TT-02 chassis. All kits include 16 suspension and transmission bearings an are available as standard metal shielded or teflon sealed variant. The ball races come pre-oiled with a light protection oil and the sets also include 15ml of high-quality bearing oil.

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April 8, 2013

P-S-R 8ight 3.0 bearing set

P-S-R have expanded their line of bearing sets with the release of this bearing set for the all new TLR 8ight 3.0 1/8th buggy. The 26 piece bearing set is made in Germany and benefits from maximum velocity, less friction, more durability, less maintenance and optimal value for money.

Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]

October 24, 2012

Answer-RC engine bearings

Answer-RC have introduced new engine bearings developed to suit the newer generation of Novarossi and RB Engines including the BX and BXR. They have a 14.5mm inner race and 26mm Outer Race and are available with either steel or Si3N4 Ceramic balls.

Source: Answer-RC [answer-rc.com]