2200 bearing

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by nuz69

Wow, 2 times front bearing ??? You are total unlucky man, sorry for you :(
The second bearing fail after how many batteries ? They suppose to hold a lot of time... Did you use the new rotor ? Maybe your first rotor is unbalanced, and do a lot of vibrations, resulting in the bearing failure.
Moreover, the bearing is suppose to be glued in the end bell to avoid the play you mentioned...
Anyway the 2 accidents are maybe linked, maybe steel of the pinion get in the bearing, is your pinion prematurely used or ?? You are doomed ...
Contact Castle support, their are very reactive and will take car of you. Good luck.

The bearings are not glued in, they are slip fit. I just replaced mine in my 2200 after 1 year of service... might have just been the wrong bearing at the wrong time...

[nuz69]

There are glued stock. After ~100 batteries the glue does'nt hold anymore. You have to reglue it ^^

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by nuz69

There are glued stock. After ~100 batteries the glue does'nt hold anymore. You have to reglue it ^^

The day I got my 2200 It was not glued :)

as long as the rotor is shimmed correctly, you dont need to glue the bearings.

[nuz69]

I think you are wrong. When my bearing unglued itself alone, I noticed some play in my front bearing and a strange noise of vibration, like the bearing moving in the housing.
Then I opened my motor and glued again the bearing in the endbell ==> no more play of the bearing in the housing, and no more strange noise, the motor just rotated quiet.
==> I think that if the bearing is not glued, it use prematuraly the housing, no matter the rotor shimming.