Well, Guys... (Need Some Help)

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Bearing maintenance does not compute for me. I run em till they dont like it, then replace. Time is precious, id rather spend it doing things I enjoy.

 

[Chubaka]

What do mean I'll need different arms?
And thanks for the compliment!

The first tmaxx and 3906 emaxx were narrow arm. If you break one the only ones you'll find are wider.
Visual aid below comparing the tires to the chassis and bumper.


https://www.google.com/search?clien...JTN0tON1ZNGAEwARgHIOmY26UGMAFKCggCEAIYAiACKAI

 

[ZaneC]

The first tmaxx and 3906 emaxx were narrow arm. If you break one the only ones you'll find are wider.
Visual aid below comparing the tires to the chassis and bumper.


https://www.google.com/search?clien...JTN0tON1ZNGAEwARgHIOmY26UGMAFKCggCEAIYAiACKAI

Yeah. It's a good thing we have RPM parts...
I'm gonna see about cleaning them bearings up a bit with some brake cleaner, and see how that goes. It's and old basher, and the bearings are still good. Might as well use 'em. Someday, though, I'll probably upgrade to sealed bearings. I found a nice set of Apex RC ones on Amazon for $10.

 

[ZaneC]

Yeah, these cleaned up noice.

 

[Chubaka]

Yeah. It's a good thing we have RPM parts...
I'm gonna see about cleaning them bearings up a bit with some brake cleaner, and see how that goes. It's and old basher, and the bearings are still good. Might as well use 'em. Someday, though, I'll probably upgrade to sealed bearings. I found a nice set of Apex RC ones on Amazon for $10.

There's a few rpm on ebay but I left them due to the price.

if you're racing and chasing proper consistent performance, reliability, and/or longevity. yes. but this is a 20+ year old emaxx. he could pee on them, soak them in used motor oil and run them for years if he remembers to lube them up again on occasion. been there done that (minus the pee part).
to us half ass bashers, lube is lube. you'll destroy half the truck and break the bearings before improperly lubed bearings fully give up the ghost. the wheel bearings on my T3 back in the day would have given your nightmares nightmares. truck worked just fine. not everything has to be done the right way

Are you saying it has no bearing on the matter?

 

[BustedAw11]

Any job worth doing is worth doing right...


Don't rig crap....

If you dont wanna take the time to properly restore the bearings just buy new ones. They are cheap enough.

@Littlemotor has shared the know how... take the good advice.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

the Freiburger begs to differ

 

[Littlemotor]

the Freiburger begs to differ

And spends more time on the side of the highway than the Coyote at the beginning of every episode…

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

but he's got a lot of good stories.

 

[RippingLegos]

Bearing maintenance does not compute for me. I run em till they dont like it, then replace. Time is precious, id rather spend it doing things I enjoy.

Yep, this isn't the 80s-90s

 

[CertifiedMike]

Bearings used to be really expensive years ago so this fight to save/resto them made more sense. I won't fight with them any more. If they don't roll smoothly on my RC, they can roll right on out the door. NEXT!

 

[TMAXX]

I used that nitro wash on my T maxx and it just washed it right into my diffs and the next time I went to run it wouldnt roll at all. Total lock up I had to disassemble and clean the bearings. So its better to just blow them off with compressed air....