Blowing out front hub Bearings in my 007

zach51 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 18:46:24

Last night I ran my 007 US car for the first time and the car handled great. Made 4 practice runs and 2 heat races with no problems, and then in the 3rd heat race, the outer bearing in my front hub locked up and the friction against the axle caused so much heat that it melted the inside of my wheel hex. I replaced the bearing and in the main the same thing happened on the left side. I am running rubber tires with a front one way. Any ideas what i'm doing wrong? Thanks

adamg · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 19:24:31

Buy a full set of replacement bearings.

bornracer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 20:05:39

Thats hardly a helpful reply

Have you read this thread;

viewtopic.php?t=4420

teamgp · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 20:52:18

bornracer is correct. Just follow the threads instructions on oiling the bearings and you shouldn't have anymore problems with the bearings. :wink:

zach51 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 21:38:49

Sounds good. Thanks.

adamg · **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2007 01:14:13

teamgp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2007 04:06:36

changss · **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2007 21:37:59

binary · **Joined:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:33:19 **Posts:** 50

Me too. I had 4 hub bearings failure experience with my T2. And even worse is that I had 1 center axle bearing failure a couple of weeks ago. So what I'm doing is........ Change all bearings to another brand..... and seems that the problem is solved... :mrgreen:

TKG26 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2007 04:39:31

I been flooding my bearings at the start of every race night. I have 4 raced nights on the car and so far so good. Everything spins freely... well the rears not so much but i got alloy rear hubs now and they came with new bearings

yinkymoka · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2007 20:47:35

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Blowing out front hub Bearings in my 007

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