Bearing cleaner

[Coach Z]

Does anybody have any experience with the RPM bearing blaster or the MIP bearing juicer?
MIP 5x10mm Bearing Juicer Kit w/Grease

RPM Bearing Blaster

After going through several clutch bearing lately I'm looking for better ways to maintain them.

 

[scoobydoo2u]

Neither of your links are working
but I would also like to know if that bearing blaster is any good!

Sorry I can't help any

 

[sweetdiesel]

I used to have the rpm bearing blaster. It works ok, it works a little better if you take the seals off the bearing before blasting them. Clutch bearings are a disposable item though, I used to buy mine in a sleeve of ten, and swap them out once they started to feel gritty.

 

[Coach Z]

Sorry about that, they're fixed.

 

[evilgrin]

As stated above the bearing blaster works ok once you remove the seals from the bearing then clean it gets most of the big stuff out although sometimes it takes a few rounds of cleaning.

the MIP juicer I've never seen before can't really see how it works from the pics.

Personally I use an ultrasonic cleaner to clean and oil my bearings pull the seals and drop in small glass jar filled with Denatuered Alcohol or Lacquer thinner and run the USC for 10-15 min pull out the bearings and let them dry on a paper towel while hitting them with some compressed air drop em in the bearing blaster for a quick rinse dry em again then drop in a glass jar or marvel mystery oil and run the USC for 10-15 min and let soak for about 30 min or longer pull em out drain the excess on a paper towel replace the seals and they are good to go.

so far I only replace a few bearings a season with this method. although I'm with sweetdiesel clutch bearings are to be replaced cleaning them is relatively pointless unless you have no choice better to just chuck em and get new a sleeve of the cheapo duratraxx bearings from tower is a couple O bucks I try to keep a few of them around at all times, they useually tend to last a full season as long as you don't toast your clutch shoes.

 

[Coach Z]

Yeah I think I will go with the just bin them theory. Only reason I was pondering these was to maintain some high end ceramics if I invested in them. Thanks for the advice everybody, a few more years and maybe I'll figure it all out.:read:

 

[evilgrin]

save the ceramics for the rest of the car I would personally only use them in the tranny and to replace the stock engine bearings but in areas of high stress like the wheel hubs I'd stick with rubber seals. but that's just me.

for the clutch they would hold up but they are rather expensive to risk toasting on the clutch bell.