What's the best liquid to clean RC bearings?
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2016
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A while ago, I posted a video in the RC autopsy series, where I investigated some seized bearings from the Monster Project. In that video I asked if you guys wanted to see a few methods for cleaning them, so here you go.
I was quite surprised by the nitro fuel, but not the WD40. I suppose they both leave an oily lubricant afterwards. This is by no means the best method for cleaning bearings. If you have a better method and/or different cleaning material, please let us know in the comments.
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Get your hands on an ultrasound bath machine. It will speed up and improve the cleaning.
The two things I hear all the time in the high performance finesse baitcaster fishing reel community are zippo lighter fluid and acetone. I have used acetone with some success but I never want to stop learning just in case I'm missing something better.
I hate acetone smell and I got 5kids under 8years old so it was'nt a option to use in the house .
I've always used the degreaser in a plastic peanut butter jar that I shake for a couple of minutes ,let them soak in , then shake as I walk near the kitchen sink...
rince them using a stainless colander . I preheat the oven at 250 then toss them in for about 15mins or so , that make them dry out verry quickly , I never experienced rust/ corrosion problems .
Then I just use a 50/50 mix of automatic transmission fluid/ Wheel bearing grease for outdoor off road , and good old clear Singer oil for Queens shelf and indoor uses .
Very nice testing!!! Appreciated!! 👍
Basically what I am looking for is the best thing to remove the factory grease from spool bearings to get them down to bare metal so I can lube them with a very light synthetic oil. I'm looking for speed and easy starting first, quiet second, and longevity third. I don't mind changing them out more often in exchange for extra casting distance with light weight lures.
Brake cleaner will do that easy and will leave them completely dry in seconds.
Interesting video. Denaturized alcohol seems to the job well too.
Wd 40 is great for cleaning because it's so thin and by the title of it (water displacement) 40 it will displace any moisture. Drone bearing are tricky because how small and crazy high RPM. I'm debating myself if I should lube my T-motor f40 pro 2 2400kv motors. Excellent video! Thanks
Yeah, WD-40 is good but you just need to re-oil the bearings after cleaning. Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching.
Good test. But I think the common 'blast'n'oil' way would give better results. You open the bearings on both sides, 'blast' them with some motor cleaner or WD40 real close, dry them and then add some ball bearing oil and close them. Don't know if that is the best solution, but I personally haven't seen any better.
Thanks for the suggestion. Definitely a good method to try.
hey rcprojects
can you also use isopropyl alcohol to clean your bearings?
also called rubbing alcohol
im planning to soak the bearing in coca cola first for 7 mins then dip it in isopropyl alcohol
is that a good idea?
please help
No oil . Use grease .it protects from dirt ..oil is ok for on Rd but in off road cars always run bearing greasev.
I'm.restoring my 30 year old bigwig
Should I just put a new set in or clean the ones that are in it?
Thanks for the helpful video. I've also used WD40 to clean bearings and it worked very well. Do you have a recommendation for a lubricant for bearings after you clean them with WD40? When I did this recently I had used some Tamiya ceramic grease that I happened to have in my tool box. It seems to have worked ok but I don't know if that was a proper lubricant for bearings. Perhaps there are better options than that. Have you used anything different for lubricating your bearings?
You can get oil specific to bearings. Just type into Ebay 'RC Bearing Oil'. Lots to choose from. I personally have never oiled a bearing before, I've just replaced them. But I do have some of this stuff which came with the Yeah Racing Suspension kit for the TT01: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yeah-Racing-High-Speed-Ball-Bearing-Oil-Lube-for-1-10-RC-use-may-suit-Tamiya-/121593634845?hash=item1c4f8ba01d:g:K70AAOSwPcVV0HKH
Hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
RCProjects Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. I will get some of that type of oil for the next time I clean out my bearings. I know most people just replace them now as they have become so much cheaper than they were in the old days. I'm a bit of a "tree-hugger" type and hate waste so I want to try to maintain what I already have, where possible. But there are a few bearing in my TT-01 kit that are probably near the end of their useful life that won't be worth cleaning again. Thanks again for your great videos and willingness to exchange ideas and advice with us all. You've got quite a community established here and I think that's a great achievement. Yours is definitely my favourite RC channel on UA-cam.
Wow, thank you so much. I get given loads of advice, so I feel it is necessary to share my knowledge too. I really like the community that follows RCProjects. The conversation is the best thing about the channel and Interacting with like minded people everyday is a true gift of the channel.
Just don't use oil if your gonna be in dirt !
What about 3 in1 oil mate
if you clean your bearings with wd 40 and nitro what you said the bearings are gonna attract dirt and the wd40 actually makes em slower and leads to them breaking because the dw40 turns into glue like oil mas after a few days it just goes bad like that... thing you could ever tell people to do bearings are cleaned like this remove the shieds put them in a empty water bottle without their caps or covers whatever you wanna call em and soak them in citrus orange soap the cheapes natural no chemical or any watter close the bottle and shake the bearings up down but make shure the container is full and they dont hit around just make shure that its a small watter bottle full of orange citrus soap liquid from any local supermarket than after a good shake whipe them off with a paper dowel after that you want to do this correct you wash them off the soap with water yes watter but than right away put them on a paper tower and blow em complete dry with a hair drier than to lube bearings add 2 drops of sawing machine or hair cutter lube or bones bearing speed cream but add only a little like 2 small drops and close the bearing shields or caps give em a little spin and those bearings are gonna last and ride smoof for a ling time bruh this is a really professional tip cheers
Yeah, exctly. I clean my bearing with wd40 then my bearing got really slower.
Hi quick question? How much did you pay for your Tamiya tt01 alloy kit? And have you got the link
Thank you
I paid about £90 for the orange version. Here's a link to a blue set:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTIMATE-Blue-alloy-conversion-kit-4-Tamiya-TT01-TT-01-D-R-or-E-UPGRADED-AGAIN-/401255960241?hash=item5d6cb80eb1:g:YkUAAOSwT6pVusoK
Hi that is good stuff
The video or the bearing cleaner? Not sure what you mean. Thanks for watching though.
Try this:
First: soak at approx 40 C (no warmer than 48 C), a solution of citric acid (5% by weight) and dish detergent (another 5%) with water (the balance). Soak for 6 to 24 hrs, no less and no longer.
Second: rinse then soak in filtered tap water (no warmer than 22 C) for 1-2 hours. Use clean glass or plastic containers.
Once out of the rinse, dry immediately and thoroughly. Use compressed air or an air duster if you have it.
Lubricate as normal, but don’t use WD-40 at any stage.
The citric acid will eat (actually dissolve and convert) the rust without really eating the metal at all (it’s extremely weak), and the dish detergent will both act as a surfactant to help the citric acid get into tiny places and also grab and trap any dirt and oils.
Don’t use baking soda or anything, it may have a type of crappy mineral plating effect. Same with hard water. In this application, you don’t need to neutralise this acid, just dilute it.
Citric acid you can just use the supermarket one, it’s fine.
The iron oxide (rust) will convert to iron citrate which is water soluble. It will just wash away with the detergent.
Idk if you would reply back but please do would kerosene oil work the best beacuse i saw this other guy on yt doing the test with kerocene oil and wd 40 and he said kerocene works the best and even show how much dirst and rust came out looks like its the best but i want to hear from you is it really? thanks :)
Never tried it so I can't comment on whether that works.
Where'd you get that table top? I seen another youtuber with the same one AvE
6Diego1Diego9 it's a mat not a table top
I got it from my old work. Just £1. If you type into Ebay 'Large Cutting Mat', there's a load of options.
If you just want your bearing to work so you can drive you can use rc after run oil and just let it sit for 1 or 2 days and they spin almost like new
When's the next video coming out? My UA-cam feeds looking dry af
I'm editing the 3000 subscriber video now. It will hopefully be out this week.
RCProjects drop it out tomorrow
I use brake cleaner or thinners to clean up and diesel to or paraffin
Cool, thanks for adding to the list. This was all that I had lying around. It's great to hear that there's other options available.
RCProjects your welcome its what I use on my motorbikes they should work on rc cars as well
Can I store my naked bearings in diesel for a long time?
@@unachukwuebuka79 I would only use it to clean them it won't do any harm if you do but I would keep them in clean engine oil instead as it would be better and do no harm
What about high concentration rubbing alcohol?
Yep, would probably be effective too.
WD 40 doesn't lubricate any thing what it says on the tin it does and it doesn't say lubs and WD stands for 'water displasment' so it just drives out water but love you voids btw
When everything has evaporated, there's an oily substance leftover which repels water. I was wrong in saying that it's a lubricant though. Glad you like the videos. Lots to come in 2017. See you then.
But it does lubricate .it also repels water and I don't think WD stand for water displacement lol
@@chriswebb383 yes thats exactly what it stands for..... on their 40th try to formulate it...
I personally would've shot this video again due to the camera focus issue. Good information, but hard to watch, hard to know what you're using. But thanks anyways.
any driving of the r34 drift rc?
When the Drift Track at SoulRC is finished.
whene is it gonna happen? btw very nice video .helpfull
Not sure, nothing has been announced yet on their website.
That was back in 2014. They moved again at the back end of 2016 to their new location. Nothing on their website and no new videos. They aren't ready yet.
good to know . i am not local. From Greece here
BRAKE CLEANER
Since the bearings cost $1.00 USD I would just replace the bearing....... 8^)
WD40 is a kerosene type of cleaner with a slight oil additive....
Totally agree. But some people run more expensive bearings so cleaning them may be a better option. Also, if it is going to take a while for new ones to arrive, quickly cleaning them like this will let you run your RC until you get replacements.
actually the main ingredient in wd-40 is fish oil
i use to leave them in the parts washer cleaner in my parts washer over night
It would be so nice to have a parts washer. Definitely a consideration for the future.
some places like northren tools and harbor freight they have table top parts washers
Yeah, my Dad is restoring a classic Mini and I am planning on a MK1/2 Ford Fiesta rebuild, so a parts washer is a great tool to have.
yeah it will onl think you canknow about it it fits a something as big or lesss 1/8 scale or less
but also WD 40 did the best cost that's what its meant to do
Very true but just in case people don't have WD40, there's another option.
RCProjects yeah which was actually really really surprising
Your talking about the nitro fuel?
oh yeah I was soz I didn't make that clear
You know you can take the seals off of the bearings ? Also water and anything with water in it will rust the bearings .
I did that before I filmed this video. I said it at the start.
I clean all my bajas with WD-40
I'll admit I never have cleaned any of mine with it, but will be from now on.
I clean all my rcs with wd40
The way I my exhaust fan bearings is i use Coca Cola
How did you find that out? Very interesting, must be the carbonation.
@@RCProjects I would also think it is the phosphoric acid. Carbonation probably helps dislodge things.
And it really works pepzi max
Vinegar
99% asatone ladies nail varnish remover let them soak for 5 mins give it a shake and then settle for a bit let them dry out in the warm place and run the bearin dry no oil nothing 👌
dry?? Really?
Almost 1 month now wow 😳
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WD40 is my pick because its easier 🤣
Wd40 dries out the bearings get a silicone based lube
@@arcly565 suggestions sir? TIA
Do Not use WD
New bearings are cheap. By the time they get so dirty that they need to be cleaned, they are likely also worn and should be replaced. All of my engines are high dollar machines and I don't risk them to used bearings being taken out and cleaned.
Still wating on the video 😴😴😴😴
This channels dead af 💀
Yes, of course, that's why I have just invested £120 in editing software to make videos for the channel. I mean, It's not like I've built a custom desk to fit in my room for filming or spent another £1000 on an editing PC either.
RCProjects sorry didn't mean to upset you or harm you in anyway, just wanted to know when the next Rc video is going to be out , as my feed is looking very dry?!