drive train

[shloms]

hey everybody i was wondering what kind of bearings are you using for the diff system and what's the max radiel and axiel forces applied on the sys.
i was thinking about using plain ball bearings and according to my calculations the max radiel force applied on the two bearings is about 12000N i hope i got it close to the real number though it's sounds a bit high to me.
i would be happy to compare with other teams .
cheers

[shloms]

hey everybody i was wondering what kind of bearings are you using for the diff system and what's the max radiel and axiel forces applied on the sys.
i was thinking about using plain ball bearings and according to my calculations the max radiel force applied on the two bearings is about 12000N i hope i got it close to the real number though it's sounds a bit high to me.
i would be happy to compare with other teams .
cheers

[Broderick]

Is that the sum of both bearings or just the load on one? Is that the static or dynamic load? 12000N is equivalent to about 2700lbf which sounds alittle high to me. Are either your brake rotor or sprocket outboard of the bearings? On our car with an outboard sprocket and inboard brake rotor, we see loads of about 1300lbf for the sprocket side bearing and 450lbf for brake side bearing.

Ryan B.