Off Road Bearing Oil

[Billy]

What would you suggest to use as a bearing oil after cleaning the bearings?

Something not too thin, but no too thick also I suppose...

[Lee]

I use zx1, but i rarely clean the bearings

[ashleyb4]

You cna just use sewing machine oil or there are loads of branded versions you can get

http://www.microtechracing.com//prod...cat=LUBRICANTS

http://www.microtechracing.com//prod...cat=LUBRICANTS

http://www.microtechracing.com//prod...cat=LUBRICANTS

i dont think there are any specitic ones for off road there all good.

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[RogerM]

second the sawing machine oil, done me proud for over 2 decades and cheap too!!!

[Billy]

FAST!!! Thanks guys!

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Billy

What would you suggest to use as a bearing oil after cleaning the bearings?

Something not too thin, but no too thick also I suppose...

After GT85 them to give then a good clean (WD40 is not the one to use as it attracts dirt, whereas GT85 repels it) I use the tamiya oil that tends to come in the kit. Its roughly 10 weight but does the job. The bearings I use are 15 years old and still going strong.

[Lee]

Bit of a minge aren`t you welshy, do you buy a kit and take the old bearings out of your old car and put them in a new one regardless of whether its metric or imperial.

Or

Is this just you bull sh!tt!ng again

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Lee

Bit of a minge aren`t you welshy, do you buy a kit and take the old bearings out of your old car and put them in a new one regardless of whether its metric or imperial.

Or

Is this just you bull sh!tt!ng again

Hehe very funny, and I dont bull either, only that nonse that was using a similar name told rubbish.

Nope I keep driving good strong quality cars, and dont buy the new rubbish that tends to be hitting the tracks, as they break quite easily. My car is from 89 and have another from 93 and they are still being driven hard. The one from 89 (and 93) has never had a bearing replacement and was used three club events and one major event every week from 89 to 2000. Craig Harris, Jon Tucker, Jon Leonard and Dan Greenwood can verify this.

The bearings are quality and if you look after them you get your moneys worth out of them, but if you dont you throw your money down the drain. Common sense really. Fair enough if there is slop replace them, but if not keep maintaining them and they will last.

Craig Harris can vouch for this, and he basically gave me the idea on how to do it, as we both used this technique at the worlds warm ups in basildon when it was hammering down with rain most of the time, so much in fat that they had to add gravel to the track so we could race, so was like driving in a big pond. After each day we took the bearings out and GT85d them and then soaked in either traxxas or tamiya 10 or lighter weight oil, and it does work as they are still going strong today.