Best bearing lube?
 

Any recommendations for high-speed bearing lube? What are people using e.g. Avid, LRP etc? Cheers

Trinity Royal Oil :thumbsup:

ky?:p

This works for me:

FAST183 Pinpoint Oiler

http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/pro...ST183/main.jpg

MiCk B. :-)

Much More lube. Or Serpent one-way lube.

+1 for the Royal Oil

Friction eliminator

http://www.team-zx1.com/Micro-Lube

The best there is by a mile........... ;)

Fully synthetic 5/30 engine oil.

ZX1 microlube
 

Thanks for all the replies. The ZX1 stuff looks interesting, there's a video on YouTube about it. Apparently it works differently to other oils...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5J0wrAMuY

Plus it's half the price if you buy direct.

Royal Oil is ace, but I seem to use some Orion thing I've had in my pit box since the beginning of time...

But, I'm bad at oiling bearings, I usually forget...

Squeak.

+1 :)

ZX1 is the best I've ever used. cheap and the bearings once lubed run for bloody ages.

I take it you don't have to mix the ZX1 with anything else i.e. it's a blend of oil and their special additive? How much to use also... I usually soak mine in brake cleaner, dry them throughly (blow out with compressed air if in a rush) and add about 2-3 drops oil. I have some LRP Blue Factor that's been in my toolboc for like 20 years!

This is what i have used over the last few months highly recomend it and does exactly what is says on the tin; :thumbsup:



http://www.gbmodelsport.co.uk/produc...PartNo=P-25220

I'm going to try the C76 microlube stuff...

Found these sites, both helpful...

http://www.extralube-zx1.com/zx1-c76-micro-lube.htm

http://www.team-zx1.com/Micro-Lube

...or try Finish Line Cross Country Wet Lube for bicycle chains - fully synthetic and much less cost at £6 a bottle that will last years. Works best for our bearings as it takes loads well. HTH :)

oil
 

has to be trinity royal oil - awesome

ZX1 microlube "activation"???
 

Hmm... I read on their website that the anti-friction additive in ZX1 is "activated" at about 60C and so I wondered if bearings in electric power model cars even get up to that temperature? If not, wouldn't the bearings have to be heated up first before the additive "bonds" and is fully effective? I have an image of putting bearings in an oven :wtf: or are there in fact "micro hotspots" when the metals move at speed?

I heard some team drivers use it... any tips guys?