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Technical => Jon's Wheel House => Topic started by: mfracing on December 17, 2018, 01:47:34 PM

Title: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: mfracing on December 17, 2018, 01:47:34 PM
What is everyone using for low friction bearings in the front tires?
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: wideopen231 on December 17, 2018, 03:07:39 PM
http://www.performancebearing.com/index.html Is where I got mine,but I  am pretty sure Jon has them also and sure he will help you out.
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: JrFuel Hayden on December 17, 2018, 09:52:15 PM
Yes Hayden Wheels has in stock sealed ceramic ball bearings for Anglia spindles for wire spoke wheels., for $280 for all 4 bearings.
Also I'm working now on ceramic bearings for a blower.
Hayden, 800-624-3803
Jon 
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER on December 19, 2018, 09:44:17 AM
Jon, Do you have any feeling as to how much the ceramic bearings may be worth e.t.-wise?
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: JrFuel Hayden on December 19, 2018, 11:12:23 AM
No, when we installed them with new wheels tires on our JrFuel car we never did any back to back runs. Just  followed the sugestion of Neil & Parks, and I sell them for the racers that want the most out of their cars.
I can tell you when we have our car up on pro-jacks with the front wheels in the air, they seem to spin for ever , it's all about rolling resistance.
One of my customers posted on FB a video of his front wheels spinning for ever because his shop was hot and he had a floor fan blowing on / at his car and the it just kept spinning.
Of course we put some cermatic in our rear end, more expensive, but trick.

Jon
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: jeff/21 on December 19, 2018, 04:37:49 PM
so it's possible to get tapered bearings not just ball?
thank you
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: JrFuel Hayden on December 19, 2018, 08:09:47 PM
Not that I'm aware of, the rear end ceramic bearing are converted to ball bearings, Call Neil & Parks 785-654-3440
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: retroboy on December 26, 2018, 02:39:21 PM
I have some tapered Roller bearings for an Anglia spindle here Mate. I'll post some part numbers later.
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: retroboy on December 28, 2018, 12:52:35 AM
Okay Mate. the numbers of my spare set tapered rollers for the fronts using Anglia stubs are:-  Timken 03062 &03162.
The other pair are also Timken 07204 & 07098. Hope that helps.
Cheers
Tony
Title: Re: Front Tire Bearings
Post by: wideopen231 on December 28, 2018, 05:31:38 AM
Fella on another site did some ABA testing of ceramics in front wheels and swears .02 as et difference .