Boca Bearings vs. Acer bearings...ceramic sets.

[jayjay283]

I kept burning through those traxxas stock blue paper bearings on the 3905, I bought some of those Bocas and they run like champs. 8-9 months of bashing and they are fine. ( a few drops of trinity bearing oil when I break my truck and take it apart) The Traxxas ones were like $1.97 for 2 and the bocas were $15 but I think it was worth it just not to have that issue anymore. The traxxas ones blue cover thing kept flying off and then the whole bearing was toast

[wallot]

dirt, water and who knows what else in offroad racing will get any bearing eventually. abec35.com - cheap bearings. metal, rubber shielded, some sizes in stainless so you dont have to worry when washing your car with water, ABEC 3 and 5 (for offroad ABEC 3 is better). been using them for couple years and they work great and you cant beat the price.

i did have ACER set on my truggy, but most off them died after 4-5 races. They were replaced by the cheap bearings and since then i actually did not have to replace a single bearing. the got over 6 races on them.

looks like my universal bearing thread answer

Unless your sponsored and are getting them for free, they aren't worth it. Even then it doesn't make much of a difference. I bet you are very rarely going full throttle and thats the only spot where you would get any performance gain. For most speeds you motor has more than enough power to overcome the friction of regualr bearings. You might gain a few seconds of runtime, but nothing that would make a difference.

[Semi Pro]

i have bought all of my cermaic bearings from wala wala and extreme

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by Semi Pro

i have bought all of my cermaic bearings from wala wala and extreme

can you provide some links to where you buy them from? havent heard of wala wala before. whats their story?

[Getter Robo]

Talking about bearings: Does anyone know a shop where to get 5x11x5 (standard motor bearing size) rubber shielded bearings?

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by Ryu James

can you provide some links to where you buy them from? havent heard of wala wala before. whats their story?

walawalastore found at scale4x4rc

http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=58

[Ryu James]

first find by google

http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/PROD/5mm/kit768

[Getter Robo]

German google only gave me results for wholesale shops :P

Thx, I find vxb a bit expensive but Walawala is a nice store!

just thought i would weigh in on some of this discussion.

1. Boca Babes: unfortunately they belong to RC Boca not Boca Bearings :)

http://myrchobbyshop.com/RC-Boca-Hobbies.html

2. Ceramics vs. Standards

this is a question as old as ceramic bearing technology itself. everyone has their own preference, so we supply everything from inexpensive to ultra high end bearings. ceramics perform better and last longer but if you have no problem with swapping out old bearings or cleaning them out regularly, then you can get great results out of our standard bearings.

- Inexpensive 99 Cent bearings sold individually: http://cli.gs/9tYYA3
- Inexpensive 99 Cent bearings sold in 10 packs: http://cli.gs/2qhWHg
- Inexpensive 99 Cent bearings sold in kits: http://cli.gs/16EY85
- Ceramic Lightning Bearings, ABEC 1, Ceramic Ball, Full Contact Seal: full list here http://cli.gs/VsXbgM
or search by your MFG/Model here: http://cli.gs/MgPTnX
- Orange Seal Ceramics, ABEC 7, Ceramic Ball, Non Contact Seal: http://cli.gs/7nZNrP

We recently put a bunch of the popular RC Car & Truck ceramic kits on special and keep your eyes peeled on ebay for new specials every week. Please let me know if I can ever answer technical questions. Thanks for just talking about Boca Bearing.


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Jason Flanzbaum
BOCA BEARING COMPANY
755 NW 17th Ave. #107
Delray Beach, FL 33445 U.S.A.

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mcmaster probably has them, but if you do a search on google you can probably find the same thing for cheaper

Just use standard Tamiya plastic bearings!

I promise you they won't rust or die!

[Metallover]

Hey, welcome to RCM Bocabearingco! I love to see manufacturers on here.

[magman]

I run Acer ceramic in my 1/8 diffs and they do spin longer and w/a lot less resistance. I won't run ceramics in the wheels, just the diffs.

[Ryu James]

hey Boca, (Jason)

when will you have complete RC model sets in the Orange Seal ceramics and what kind of price tag can we anticipate? also, will the orange seal be a bearing that needs maintenance from time to time since it is a no-contact seal?

also, i am buying some of your yellow seal sets right now thru ebay (is that you i have been talking with? my ebay id is lilkingbimmers) and i am wondering if it is possible to replace the grease with oil instead just by cleaning the bearing and then oiling it? from what i have read it is the lubrication that determines the speed of the bearing more than anything.

thanks,

Ryu