XRAY - Model racing cars

RE: Xray T2'009 Shattered Bearing XR941015

I finally got my Xray to the track on Friday the 14th, last night and ran in 4 races.

In no race did I exceed much more than 1/2 throttle, I had a couple of small dings with other cars but no bad crashes or hard bangs, in all, a very carefull few laps.

Upon cleaning my car this morning I saw that the blue plastic cover on the bearing XR941015 had come loose on the rear left hand ball diff bearing.

I removed the ball diff and upon taking the bearing out of it's cover part XR302078 the bearing fell apart, as shown in photo.

Now I'm not sure what it's made of, but I don't think it should just shatter in normal low speed conditions without a serious crash.

The model shop says they don't often see breaing break especicially in the Xray

I've emailed the distributor

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Furthermore on investigation: I stripped the entire car of all it's bearings and all seem fine, except the opposite XR941015 Bearing supporting the Rear Ball Diff on the right is slightly rough compared to the front 2 on the spool, wonder if this is what caused the fault?

Rough damaged bearing shatters, maybe this one was next?

I stripped the car using the instructions in reverse making sure that everything was installed perfectly and it was, so this rules out incorrect installation.

Maybe a couple of dodgy bearings.......?

Been racing xray 18 months nows indoor and outdoors and never seen or had a bearing go like that. Siezed yeah, guess you was unlucky and got some bad bearings