Could I possibly switch to ball bearings? The roller bearing for my clutch bell disintegrated. Megatech .16 M16 engine.
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I think that it failed due to old age, it came out of an original HPI RS4 (I believe), the old engine is seized so I'm putting a new engine in.Looking at the picture, pug, trying to posit what may have caused the cage failure.
Possibly too much clutch bell endplay? Does it look like the inside of the clutchbell was riding on the shoes? A problem I ran into once that was causing frequent engine stall going off throttle. The rollers themselves display either possible skidding on one half of their length, and/or excessive heat (lack of lube?) on the other. Hard to really tell but looks suspicious.
As stated above, were it me, I'd try to stay with the roller for this application. Be interesting to see how you resolve this. 'AC'
Where can I get these bearings from? I can't seem to find any.Buy a traxxas clutchbell or the like, I think they are 5x7x2.5, one front and one back. Almost certain Hpi also uses needle bearings, as my 15fe has them.
Clutch bell, different bearing options.I think that it failed due to old age, it came out of an original HPI RS4 (I believe), the old engine is seized so I'm putting a new engine in.
Where can I get these bearings from? I can't seem to find any.