Well put Razo I could of been more tactfull just get frustrated in this subject as its such a simple thing to do. All cars have there slight faults so when you know what they are its hard to ignore. We all spend a fortune entering, traveling & participating in these events, with the sake of a 20 minute check & tip all your the efforts could be wasted.
Agree the smaller bearings for the xt8 & EC drive train where bomb proof so every one ignored this area but had its own issue's of pins moving or coming out of driveshafts causing costly failures, tips where found but it took time for racers to embrace them.
The 09 bearings i would run for 5-6 hours straight with no work at all, but found the front or driveshaft side would be on its way out & need replacing with the diff side not far from that.
Often users had failures as no tips had been found to that point & as most pro's stripped the cars regulary & maintained them we where getting no issues. The general racer did not so had failures but put it down to other things & i guess it was put on the back burner as an upgrade later
The 10 bearings initially did not last well & many had problems which was annoying as it was planned for better durability, Xray where very quick on getting proto type parts out & with work on the 3 bearing pinion which is now included in the kits & grease tip the life span exceeds the 09 bearings by hours. We adviced to re do the tip at 3 hours if used in the dustiest of conditions to give users a guide of frequency this just keep's on top of it, I know from my car they would last this period of time with no work.
The 3 hour frequency allows for a quick check of the front / drive shaft side bearing so it can be re-used or replaced. This bearings takes the brunt of all in dirt & vibration from the angle of the drive shaft, so seems the only one that goes. If used in dust free conditions again we still advice the tip but expect further extended life due to the grease working though. When using the tip i would expect atleast 8-10 hours of life from a front bearing. If you do have to replace a bearing its only ever the front drive shaft side where the middle & diff side bearings are fine. On mine yes the fronts have been replaced but middle & rear are still from the Neo event in April with countless hours on them & many more to come.
Many of us are playing around with home made boots with even further success & greater life span to the bearing & driveshaft pins to the joy of the clubbie & Pro meaning less work. So you can all see we are very active to resolve this little blip in the 808 life
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