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Here at our shop in Southern California, we are always ask by customers and other racers, "what do you do to get your gears and bearings to last so long?". Our response, is always the same, "to make your RC cars last and perform at the ultimate levels, whether you are a racer or basher you must be religious on your RC maintenance program and use only quality proven lubes and grease". For years, well before we were even sponsored by CowRC to support our race program, we used CowRC Maintenance products. While the market is filled with both quality and sub-par economical lubes and greases, (and believe me when we say we’ve tried most of them) CowRC's product-line really performs at a higher-level than most.
What we mean by that, is after hours, weeks and months of use in the extreme condition that RC bashers and racers put their RC cars and trucks through, CowRC products always tended to outperform the competition.
For example: CowRC Udder Butter was tested by us and others in extreme temperature variations. Here on the West Coast, morning temperatures on race-days can be in the low 40's in the morning and track temperatures can be well above 120 degrees by noon and when you couple that with the high-performance motors and ESCs blasting out huge AMPs of power through a drivetrain, very quickly you can have failures in bearings, diffs and transmission gearing. CowRC's Udder Butter grease is not only waterproof and does not break down in water but it also tends to have very little "throw-off" on Ring-Diff Gears and other transmission parts resulting in the lube actually staying on the parts even at high velocities. This results in extended life of your gearing in addition to very limited issues of with gearing failures cause by excessive heat and abuse caused by the elements and terrain.
What we mean by that, is after hours, weeks and months of use in the extreme condition that RC bashers and racers put their RC cars and trucks through, CowRC products always tended to outperform the competition.
For example: CowRC Udder Butter was tested by us and others in extreme temperature variations. Here on the West Coast, morning temperatures on race-days can be in the low 40's in the morning and track temperatures can be well above 120 degrees by noon and when you couple that with the high-performance motors and ESCs blasting out huge AMPs of power through a drivetrain, very quickly you can have failures in bearings, diffs and transmission gearing. CowRC's Udder Butter grease is not only waterproof and does not break down in water but it also tends to have very little "throw-off" on Ring-Diff Gears and other transmission parts resulting in the lube actually staying on the parts even at high velocities. This results in extended life of your gearing in addition to very limited issues of with gearing failures cause by excessive heat and abuse caused by the elements and terrain.
Below you will see some examples of my personal Axial Wraith's Rear Axles and Ring Gears after three months of U4RC rock racing and some scaling. You can see in the pictures, that the CowRC Udder Butter is still on the ring gear and axles. In fact, the final picture of the axles is after we cleaned them off with CowRC Moo-Clean. You can see the wear is almost non-existent and the axles where they insert into the differential is almost like new!!! This is a great example of the CowRC product line and why we use them.
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Some additional products we use for extended life and performance are the Moo-Kleen (for parts cleaning and removal of grease and grime) and Moo-Slick Silicone Lubricant, that we use after every race/bashing/scaling session. Again in the picture below, after 3 months of use, the stock Axial Bearings that came in the kits look and spin like new. And because we religiously at least lube with Moo-Slick after every race or session, we have been able to get a years worth of use, even out of stock bearings because of our maintenance ritual and use of the CowRC performance lubes and cleaners.
One final item to discuss in this post is "how much grease is best?" We are always in the school of thought that to much grease can cause drag on drivetrains and because CowRC's Udder Butter has good adherence properties along with a formula that truly lubricates at all temperatures and RPMs, you don't need much. In the example below, we just cover the teeth on the ring and pinion in the differential and wipe off the excess. That is all that is needed whether you had Heavy Duty 8 scale ring and pinions or stock pot-metal ring and pinions.
Here's a tip for you, It should be noted that most failures of ring and pinions are not caused by the lube failing, but the lack of proper shimming on the pinion on the ring gear. So always try and eliminate the slop without making it to tight against the ring gear.
Here's a tip for you, It should be noted that most failures of ring and pinions are not caused by the lube failing, but the lack of proper shimming on the pinion on the ring gear. So always try and eliminate the slop without making it to tight against the ring gear.
As always, we hope you found this article helpful and if you are already an expert at RC maintenance, share this post with a friend that is just starting out or learning to wrench on their own RC cars and trucks.
Best Regards,
The RCcarStars
#RCcarMaintenance
Best Regards,
The RCcarStars
#RCcarMaintenance
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