Do ball bearings make a difference over bushings in RC? Running Tamiya Man Truck

[@gigglehurtz3167]

its not just the speed, its also the battery life. Ive seen other videos and every bit of friction you can help reduce just plain helps everything. Good vid btw.

[@telecomandorc]

Very good point. The less frictional resistance makes the motor work less, so less battery juice is required.

[@acceler8n]

Hi Telecommando! Does your truck tracks straight? My chassis would veer to the left or right, so I can’t get it centered. I even tried a different servo. As best I can get it is it veering left after a left turn and verify right after a right turn.

[@telecomandorc]

Mine tracks straight. But it sounds like your chassis might be broken. Check the two posts where the steering bulkhead attaches to. This is my first thought.

[@sly_fpv]

Are these ceramic or steel bearings? You'll know because the ceramics are like $100

[@telecomandorc]

Steel. They are no more than $25 if I recall for the steel ones.

[@gonzodetroitify]

Awesome build here did you put a giro in him 🧐🤔

[@telecomandorc]

I did not. It is interesting. I get asked a few questions similar to that one. But no gyro. I won the a set up board series with no gyro with this truck. It is 7 races. Last one is the first weekend of October. But I already won five and they toss the lowes two... so... it's in the bag.

[@gonzodetroitify]

@@telecomandorc or tried a stronger servo like an over powering1 🤔an agf servo💥🎯

[@telecomandorc]

@@gonzodetroitify I am running a Savox servo made for sct with metal gears.

[@telecomandorc]

@@gonzodetroitify I am running a Savox SC-1258TG servo.

[@idworkhard]

what about for CC-01 - does it make a difference for trailing?

[@telecomandorc]

Ball bearing will make it run smother. But it is a crawler, so it may not be as noticeable accept for starting and stopping. If you service a crawler routinely, get bearings. If you run it in water and do not service it often, keep the bushings. I have seem people's crawlers with ceased bearings due to rust.

[@opj5791]

One trick that you can do to squeeze more speed out of these trucks is to take the rubber dust shields off all the bearings. Clean the grease out of them with brake cleaner. Let them dry. Then oil them up with bearing oil and put them back in the truck without the rubber dust shields. I also run one million weight diff fluid in the front diff of mine. Stuff is like tree sap!

[@telecomandorc]

Thanks you for the advice. I hope the shop has some heavy diff oil in stock. I have to pick some part up. It sounds heavy enough it should not leak. I do want to try it since many TC just hace a locked front spool. Do you have an oil brand you prefer? This shop generally carries Flash Point. AE is a hit and miss as far as stock there.

[@opj5791]

@@telecomandorc It was one million diff fluid from Hobbytown USA. I ordered it off their website. I cant remember the brand off the top of my head. I run on a carpet track and I noticed that the truck turns better on the corners if you move the upper shock position from the inner holes to the out side holes. You can also use CA clue and smear it on the front tire sidewalls up to and including the first rib of the tread on the tire. There is a facebook page for these trucks as well as a forum message thread for them on the rctech.net website. Its on the first or second page of the on-road subform. Lots of tricks posted there.

[@telecomandorc]

@@opj5791 Great. Thank you. I may just try it on road. We only do carpet for off road... buggy, SCT, etc. All on road is outdoor on pavement. I shall check it out.

[@Prelude_user2022]

Dude you really got to trim that thing out its all over the place but straight

[@telecomandorc]

That has been fixed long ago 😉. It was a Tamiya special, that one. Do watch the race videos.

[@Wolvesofthenight]

Man you need some video editing. The jiggling camera made me sick.

[@telecomandorc]

Thank you for watching.