Bad quality ball bearings on DEX410R??

[muratti]

I recently had my second run on my DEX410R and it performed awesome! Only bad thing is that after about 10 minutes of driving both ball bearings on the left rear axles were completely worn. Balls were all gone and only the rings were left. I wonder if anybody had this experience? Is it possible that Durango used cheaper bearings on the "R" than on the normal DEX410? Just a thought.
Let me know your experiences.

[wacattack]

I recently had my second run on my DEX410R and it performed awesome! Only bad thing is that after about 10 minutes of driving both ball bearings on the left rear axles were completely worn. Balls were all gone and only the rings were left. I wonder if anybody had this experience? Is it possible that Durango used cheaper bearings on the "R" than on the normal DEX410? Just a thought.
Let me know your experiences.

Pretty certain the bearings are the same and I've had no problems whatsoever. Not quite sure why you have experienced this

[reg]

I recently had my second run on my DEX410R and it performed awesome! Only bad thing is that after about 10 minutes of driving both ball bearings on the left rear axles were completely worn. Balls were all gone and only the rings were left. I wonder if anybody had this experience? Is it possible that Durango used cheaper bearings on the "R" than on the normal DEX410? Just a thought.
Let me know your experiences.

i dont know if they changed them from the the full fat version,if not they are not very good,i changed mine to the kit from RCBEARINGS and had no more problems

[HarlowS]

I had a few go on the front hubs before they upgraded the hubs and bearings, but upgraded to the bearings below and they have been fantastic so far.

http://www.radio-racers.co.uk/acatalog/Electric_Cars.html

[BostonNelson]

At my club some have had problems, some haven't.

[telboy]

To have this problem after only 10mins racing, all I can say is, did you fit the crunch spacer in between the bearings?

I've raced mine loads now, and I haven't had a single problem with the bearings on my R.

[muratti]

Yes i did fit the crunch spacer. I might buy the ball bearings HarlowS bought.

[P_B]

I had wobbly diff outputs both front and rear on my R when brand new, tried shimming, new cases etc, no joy. ID and OD were fine, just quite a bit of play. Different bearings fixed the problem.

TD said the full fat 410 and R versions share the same bearings.

[savageracer1]

I had a few go on the front hubs before they upgraded the hubs and bearings, but upgraded to the bearings below and they have been fantastic so far.

http://www.radio-racers.co.uk/acatalog/Electric_Cars.html


Im a BL team driver and ive been testing and running these bearings for months and they really are top quality bearings. :thumbsup:



Jake

[telboy]

That Kit only has the bearings for the older full fat 410. I would think you'll have to contact them to get the new larger front bearing for thr R and 2010 edition.

[HarlowS]

Thats correct, they do have a new kit for the larger front bearings, you just need to let them know when you order them:)

[paulc]

Right i bought the full fat version DEX410 just before christmas i have replaced the bearings with the rcbearings kit and the lightning kit the rcbearings kit has been the best so far i have just bought a DEX410R witch have come with differant bearings (metal sheilded) are these better , worse , or the same as the other bearing kits i have tryed

Cheers Paul

[Hulk]

Right i bought the full fat version DEX410 just before christmas i have replaced the bearings with the rcbearings kit and the lightning kit the rcbearings kit has been the best so far i have just bought a DEX410R witch have come with differant bearings (metal sheilded) are these better , worse , or the same as the other bearing kits i have tryed

Cheers Paul

Hi Paul,

the bearings in the 'R' version, and the new batch of DEX410's are new and improved. My bro and a few other people i know have had no issues with them at all.

Craig

[dpackster1980]

Right i bought the full fat version DEX410 just before christmas i have replaced the bearings with the rcbearings kit and the lightning kit the rcbearings kit has been the best so far i have just bought a DEX410R witch have come with differant bearings (metal sheilded) are these better , worse , or the same as the other bearing kits i have tryed

Cheers Paul

Metal shielded bearings have less drag than rubber shielded bearings but metal shielded bearing are more likely to fail as they don't keep the dust out as well as rubber shielded bearings.

If you run outdoors often on a dusty track I'd replace them with rubber shielded bearings. :thumbsup: