Caring for your ball bearings

[Leet TC3]

I met a guy at our local track, a good racer, who told me he breaks down his TC3 every week, pops out the ball bearings and soaks them in oil.

As virtually all the bearings in a FT TC3 are sealed, this struck me as a tad bit excessive.

What do you guys do? Are you as fanatical about your bearings? :D

[Interceptor]

I took the gear box bearing out of my TC3 and replaced the grease in them with Trinity Royal oil. Other than that, I just inspect them to see if there is any damage. I eventually want to replace all of them with metal shield bearings.

[Leet TC3]

What do you recommend for replacement lubricant once the bearings are cleaned? I assume that black grease is not the best.

I have that light-colored bearing oil from Trinity. Is the "Royal Oil" (the pink stuff) any better than this? Or something else maybe?

[Interceptor]

Honestly I picked the trick up from this board somewhere, figured I would try it out. I haven't really noticed any performance increase, but I think that it is supposed to reduce the drag in the transmission alittle. The royal oil is pretty good stuff.

[nsane]

Leet, don't use black grease, its more prone to "gum" up that do anything else for you. Interceptor is right, the royal oil will work well for you. Thats basically what I use in my B3 and my transmission crazy smooth :)