Cleanings bearings?

[aperson]

mine came with grease too. i ran them and the thing was slower than with the bushings.

oh yeah super clean works great to get rid of rust. just make sure to use WD-40 and not 1 lube to soak them in afterwards. and use graphite after the WD-40 is dry.

[DakarV]

Originally posted by RC 2NR
No, they don't.

The bearings come with grease. The grease is so thick that when I removed them from the package, the bearings actually stuck to the package. MUST LOSE THE GREASE!!!!

[]-[otRod]

Grease is a pretty bad idea for most applications on these bearings since they are "open" bearings. The grease gives dirt, hair and other boogers a place to collect in the bearing housing, causing excess friction and wear.

The size bearings the XMods use are considered an "instrumentation" size bearing in the trade. Taking some advice from a mechanical engineer friend who has worked for over 30 years designing precision machienery for the automotive/ aircraft industries, he recommended cleaning the bearings in a solvent to remove any oil/grease from the bearings and housing (brake fluid or another light solvent mentioned above works great ). Once the bearings are clean and completely dry, use just enough of a fine oil based (TriFlow or Slick 50 mentioned above works great ) lubricant to just "wet" the bearings - just about a drop. Place the bearings on a paper towel and let them sit outside in the sunlight, or someplace where the temp will reach in the 80-90 degree F range for an hour or so. This will allow the bearings to shed any excess oil while providing enough micro-lubrication for them to function efficiently. Without anything "wet" to cling to, most dirt and other nasties wont stick to the bearings - the tiny amout of air that the bearings displace as they spin will actually help prevent this stuff from even getting to them. Unless of course you run them through dirt or water directly.
Ive managed to keep my stock RS bearings in decent shape with minimal maintenance by following his advice.
When the sealed bearings are available, maintenance should be even less. Cant wait for those!

[TypeZer0]

anyone try this lube from RS? http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=64-2301 it claims dirt wont' stick to it

[RC 2NR]

Originally posted by TypeZer0
anyone try this lube from RS? http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=64-2301 it claims dirt wont' stick to it

Yeah, it's too thick though.

That Oil is designed for the larger RC cars that are out. The oil is to thick for bearrings but will work for motor (although I don't use it)

[RC 2NR]

A guy at RS gave me a tube when I bought a used AWD kit off their display car. It works good for a lot of other things, it's very high quality.

[FalkenDrifter]

Will graphite work well?