1/18th Torment 4WD Bearings Upgrade Questions

[awolfsd]

Hi All.

New to the forum so apologies in advance if this is just basic common knowledge. I bought a Torment 1/18 4WD Short Course a couple of months ago. Love the truck, just a great little mess around RC. I was doing some research and a suggested upgrade was to swap the bushings for bearings on the spindle hubs. I purchased one of the Fast Eddy bearings kits and replaced the spindle hub bearings.

My questions are: The kit came with a bunch of other additional bearings, so is it worth pulling the transmissions apart and replacing those? I can definitely do it just wanted to know if it's worth the time...kind of don't want to mess with a good thing. Are there any other critical bearings in the driveline that are worth tearing apart and replacing?

Thanks so much in advance.

-Andrew

 

[slick2500]

Hi All.

New to the forum so apologies in advance if this is just basic common knowledge. I bought a Torment 1/18 4WD Short Course a couple of months ago. Love the truck, just a great little mess around RC. I was doing some research and a suggested upgrade was to swap the bushings for bearings on the spindle hubs. I purchased one of the Fast Eddy bearings kits and replaced the spindle hub bearings.

My questions are: The kit came with a bunch of other additional bearings, so is it worth pulling the transmissions apart and replacing those? I can definitely do it just wanted to know if it's worth the time...kind of don't want to mess with a good thing. Are there any other critical bearings in the driveline that are worth tearing apart and replacing?

Thanks so much in advance.

-Andrew

Yes I would change them as if I am not mistaken the stock bearings are just metal shielded and the rubber sealed will help keep more of the dirt and stuff out of them.

 

[awolfsd]

Thanks for the response slick2500. Will dirt get into the transmission cases? They looked fairly sealed. The "bearings" I pulled out of the spindles looked to just be solid bushings and were super gritty. I appreciate the help.

 

[slick2500]

Thanks for the response slick2500. Will dirt get into the transmission cases? They looked fairly sealed. The "bearings" I pulled out of the spindles looked to just be solid bushings and were super gritty. I appreciate the help.

It can.