Should I buy ally hubs or castor blocks?

[evssv]

so..losi 5... alloy front hubs?.....or alloy castor blocks?......I want one..........but which........... which would u have and y?

 

[DougStar]

Id go the hubs .....and only reason why im saying this is to match with the rear. (Hostile rear hub) But as far as which will give better performance...?

 

[Buzzsaw46]

I did the bearing equipped caster blocks, that way the king pins pivot on bearings rather than a hole in a piece of plastic.

 

[evssv]

I did the bearing equipped caster blocks, that way the king pins pivot on bearings rather than a hole in a piece of plastic.

which did u go with dude??

 

[Buzzsaw46]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FID-Racing...621415?hash=item3d7054f6a7:g:yWEAAOSwxZZbclPJ

 

[evssv]

r they a good fit?any issues?.......would look sweet on mine.....

 

[Buzzsaw46]

They fit my Rovan perfectly, on the Losi I had to use a shim between the arm and the caster block. Ran the Rovan hard all summer and no problems, the Losi was down most of the summer with electrical issues.

 

[evssv]

cool.....I`ll keep eye on ebay for a pair.....never know....

 

[Buzzsaw46]

The function is awesome with the king pins riding in bearings, much less slop in the front end now. I was replacing caster blocks and King pins every year, this year they are good just need to check the bearings.

 

[Losi125]

So how do you replace the bearings on those fid castor blocks?

 

[evssv]

Jus poke em out like any other bearings....i had bearing ones my dbxl come to thk of it

 

[Losi125]

Thanks for the reply. Where do you find replacements?

 

[evssv]

The dbxl arearc bearings were a silly size. .i found 2x in france off eBay. .. . .i hope the 5ive ones r not the same

 

[Z.hb71]

The dbxl arearc bearings were a silly size. .i found 2x in france off eBay. .. . .i hope the 5ive ones r not the same

Ya don't need to buy their specific bearings just look at it and there is usually a number on it that is for that type and size of bearings and then just find that size on google and buy it near u instead of wasting money and time on there bearing

 

[evssv]

Yeah well aware how bearings work dude...area rc ones always shite metal shielded ones.....they were a very odd size no one in the uk had in stock....so France it was...

 

[Z.hb71]

Yeah well aware how bearings work dude...area rc ones always shite metal shielded ones.....they were a very odd size no one in the uk had in stock....so France it was...

Ohh k lol

 

[Losi125]

Well that's one reason I don't like to buy specialty items that have odd bearings I always have to do a massive search for the correct size ....... do these bearings always have the size printed on them ? I'm just looking for the most amount of information. ...the Fid hubs almost always have non standard losi bearings

 

[Buzzsaw46]

TBH I haven't measured the bearings. I will try and make the time to do so this week.

 

[evssv]

I thk i still have 1x of them odd dbxl bearings here.......

 

[Losi125]

Yeah man you buy a part it looks great and then you see an odd bearing and I'm like shiiiiiiit. I just hate searching for them