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

[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

[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

zero maintenance on the Boca's. Zero means nothing. I only take them out and wipe them down. Thats whay amazed me after racing them in rain!!!

No greasing, no relubing, no air blasting,.......nothing.

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wow! two users happy with boca, and testimonials of longevity. very interesting food for thought. thanks for the input cdbias and jayjay

[Ryu James]

i have an offer out on a set of bocas for the RC8t and a set for the MBx5T (got a Mugen coming off ebay ).

btw, anyone interested in a brand-spanking NEW set of Acer Ceramic bearings for the Associated RC8/RC8T ?? huh, huh? any takers? com'on, you know you want them. especially after reading this thread. i will throw in some bearing oil for free.....since your gonna need it.

btw, i had bought the set of Acers before i started this thread and then i saw the Bocas and....the rest is history.

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I'm quite curious what you'll think, Ryu. I love actual data and a/b comparisons.

Just gotta throw this out there.......Boca babes are always smoking hot, that's worth some $

[Ryu James]

what? Boca babes? they have hot chicas too? where are they? i have only seen the hot Acer chicks. in fact, i am on the mailing list for Acer and i get some new pic of a hot-a$$ mama in my inbox practically everyday. maybe thats how they got me to buy their stuff. sneaky little bastar*s. using sex to sell stuff. where did they come up with that idea? so show me some Boca babes!!

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hmmmmmmmmmm...... maybe it was acer, but i swear there are boca babes. I'll be back.............

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.

[emaxxnitro]

Originally Posted by Ryu James

what? Boca babes? they have hot chicas too? where are they? i have only seen the hot Acer chicks. in fact, i am on the mailing list for Acer and i get some new pic of a hot-a$$ mama in my inbox practically everyday. maybe thats how they got me to buy their stuff. sneaky little bastar*s. using sex to sell stuff. where did they come up with that idea? so show me some Boca babes!!

well it works! its smart marketing! (balls)

[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?

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

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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