AR60 Pinion Bushings vs Bearings vs Bushings Thread

[Dostradamas]

Originally Posted by cephas

It's official, we're changing your name to Iron Man. You know WAY too much about metals.

So.... Is this softer than Axial's hardened pinion shafts? (from the upgraded HD ring and pinion sets)

Thats funny!
You should read the names they are throwing around for me on Chit Chat.

[TheScaleAddict]

Originally Posted by Harley

You started a spin-off thread of a topic in the bulletproof thread. No soup for you!

We've got more hours to run on these and I'll talk with them again this week.

It wasn't a spin off... Can't I have just a little soup? Maybe four bites worth???

[Dostradamas]

[Diablo666]

Harley how are bushings holding up? When can we be able to get are hands on some?




Bump News?

[Diablo666]

News?

[Harley]

All has been well with them. Still running them, not sure how much time is "enough" time just yet. Everything is still nice and snug though.

[Devil Inc]

Originally Posted by Harley

All has been well with them. Still running them, not sure how much time is "enough" time just yet. Everything is still nice and snug though.

That's news I like to hear. How many hours to you estimate you've got on them now?

[ik632]

First we had bushings, then we had bearings, now we have bushings again.

[Diablo666]

Good news can't wait to see how long it take to get them in my truck.

[HK91]

Just wondering if anyone has tryed the BOCA ceramic bearings? I know they aren't cheap, but they should last??

[Diablo666]

Originally Posted by Harley

All has been well with them. Still running them, not sure how much time is "enough" time just yet. Everything is still nice and snug though.

Are they still snug?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Diablo666

Are they still snug?

I'll check again, but at this point I haven't noticed any changes and have stopped thinking about it almost. I'll get back to you tonight.

[Calderwood]

Originally Posted by HK91

Just wondering if anyone has tryed the BOCA ceramic bearings? I know they aren't cheap, but they should last??

They will have less resistance until they fail but they won't last any longer. Furthermore when they fail you crunch the r&p. Bushings don't have sudden failure so you have time to replace them instead of having to replace the r&p every time.

[Diablo666]

Where they in/on goat hill?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Diablo666

Where they in/on goat hill?

Yup! Worked great.

I hadn't ran them for a week or so prior due to selling the Jimmy's chassis and building the new rig up during the down time.

[Diablo666]

Good news yet?

[Devil Inc]

Originally Posted by Diablo666

Good news yet?

I believe Harley has them in the Curries on his Hit & Run build, and he just ran that pretty hard at Goat Hill, so I guess we'll have to wait for the teardown on that rig.

[Diablo666]

News on bushings

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Diablo666

News on bushings

VP is very busy. They have quite a few new products that will be released soon but they haven't find time to finish everything up. You'll have to be patient, they will get them up as soon as they can. No ETA currently available.

[Pabust]

I busted my front pinion bearings on sunday and i haven't used the Wraith since i made the change, i think one of the factors is the front driveshaft angle which is very steep compared to the rear angle which is almoststraight in relation to the pinion, when it failed i touched the front driveshaft joint at the pinion and it was pretty hot, the rear one was cold, so i'll correct the front axle and i'll see if i improve the bearing life