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Old 04-23-2019, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Wombii View Post
Thanks for this warning. I'm surprised that axles that cost as much as a Tamiya kit don't come fully equipped with ball bearings.
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Yeah, missed that detail when I prepped the new axles for duty. Lesson learned, next time I will dismantle everything Lesu as far it goes. I like the style of axles, heavy and right looking on the outside, crap hiding inside is what I can't accept. I'm at 10-hour driving now, Looks like the super small bearings might work out. If they don't I'll make new endcaps with 5x11x4 bearings installed, on the incoming power side, the outgoing shaft has a lot fewer problems. What worries me is the distance between two drive axles might shrink a bit, and drive shaft needs to be shorter, but that could be arranged too.
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