I bought my V5 Typhon a few months back and have only ran it for three battery packs, all 4S LiPo.
The first run was on a asphalt driveway, second run was the same location but with on-road tyres and the third run was five minutes on speed runs on 4S still.
I took the rear hubs apart yesterday just to check things and one side is really gritty and does not rotate freely. I took the bearings out and blasted them with some bearing cleaner and then lightly oiled them but they still felt gritty and would not spin freely, especially once the 17mm hex hub and through axle pin where located and tightened. I only had the smaller bearing size on hand to swap out but it was still bad, so I'm assuming its the larger inner bearing that is at fault? I was also thinking it might be a badly moulded rear hub or axle as it seems worse once the 17mm hex hub and pin are in and secured?
I replaced ARA610037 BALL BEARING 8x16x5mm (2RS) but do not have a spare currently of the ARA610038 BALL BEARING 15x21x4mm (2RS).
This is my first Arrma, so apologises if this is common occurrence. Seems pretty poor that one or more bearings are failing after less than 45 minutes of use on generally clean surfaces and all on-road, no jumps or particular dirty environments. Maybe it's just bad luck. The other side is fine at the moment though.
The first run was on a asphalt driveway, second run was the same location but with on-road tyres and the third run was five minutes on speed runs on 4S still.
I took the rear hubs apart yesterday just to check things and one side is really gritty and does not rotate freely. I took the bearings out and blasted them with some bearing cleaner and then lightly oiled them but they still felt gritty and would not spin freely, especially once the 17mm hex hub and through axle pin where located and tightened. I only had the smaller bearing size on hand to swap out but it was still bad, so I'm assuming its the larger inner bearing that is at fault? I was also thinking it might be a badly moulded rear hub or axle as it seems worse once the 17mm hex hub and pin are in and secured?
I replaced ARA610037 BALL BEARING 8x16x5mm (2RS) but do not have a spare currently of the ARA610038 BALL BEARING 15x21x4mm (2RS).
This is my first Arrma, so apologises if this is common occurrence. Seems pretty poor that one or more bearings are failing after less than 45 minutes of use on generally clean surfaces and all on-road, no jumps or particular dirty environments. Maybe it's just bad luck. The other side is fine at the moment though.