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Jahay · 07:07 AM

I am now very close to sending everything off for anodising.

I just need to prepare what arrived today in the post ;)

After 6 weeks of waiting... New Era messed me around for 5 weeks and then overdrive rc managed to get these out in just over a week!!!!

In order to get these to fit with my savage lower arms, i will need to grind down these protruding alloys nubs. Nothing a bench grinder cant fix

Thanks to brian on here, another reason i upgraded to LST Hubs was because i can utilise 3 wheel bearings which will help the hubs cope with the heavy Baja Wheels.
This is how they would sit inside the hub

In order to get the 3rd bearing (centre bearing) to sit snug inside the hub as it wasnt originally deisnged for a 3rd bearing, i will need to wrap the outside of the bearing in a single layer of cello-tape. This is enough to get it to fit snug. Anything thicker wouldnt allow the bearing to sit.

I even tried to see if i could use 4 wheel bearings, but due to the axle increasing in diameter toward the shaft end, the axle cant sit deep enough. So close, but no cigar...

comparison of how where the axle pin sits with 3 and 4 bearings

3 Bearings

4 Bearings

Anyway... i think i have all the alloy now, so i can send this all off for anodising asap.

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Jahay RC-Monster Titanium Offline Posts: 1,007 Join Date: Apr 2010	03.29.2011, 07:06 AM I am now very close to sending everything off for anodising. I just need to prepare what arrived today in the post ;) After 6 weeks of waiting... New Era messed me around for 5 weeks and then overdrive rc managed to get these out in just over a week!!!! In order to get these to fit with my savage lower arms, i will need to grind down these protruding alloys nubs. Nothing a bench grinder cant fix Thanks to brian on here, another reason i upgraded to LST Hubs was because i can utilise 3 wheel bearings which will help the hubs cope with the heavy Baja Wheels. This is how they would sit inside the hub In order to get the 3rd bearing (centre bearing) to sit snug inside the hub as it wasnt originally deisnged for a 3rd bearing, i will need to wrap the outside of the bearing in a single layer of cello-tape. This is enough to get it to fit snug. Anything thicker wouldnt allow the bearing to sit. I even tried to see if i could use 4 wheel bearings, but due to the axle increasing in diameter toward the shaft end, the axle cant sit deep enough. So close, but no cigar... comparison of how where the axle pin sits with 3 and 4 bearings 3 Bearings 4 Bearings Anyway... i think i have all the alloy now, so i can send this all off for anodising asap. Last edited by Jahay; 03.29.2011 at 07:07 AM.