Ceramic bearings, yay or nay

[tonydevon]

are they just a sales thing? just wondering if many people use them in off road buggies etc, makes sense to have everything as free rolling as possible, but at what cost?

[Wig]

Ceramic bearings are great in the drive train but as they get beaten up / gritty on the axles quickly its alot more cost effective to just replace with normal bearings.

[RudeTony]

Way better although not a must if that makes sense

[tyreman]

They used to be when we were limited on duration, but with today batteries it’s not so important.

[tonydevon]

cheers guys, will just keep on with my normal maintenance and replacing of normal bearings then

[burgie]

You only ever really need ceramic bearings in a situation of high temperatures or when you need electrical isolation. A good set of Abec A rated bearings are just as good, if not better than ceramic bearings for our applications.