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Originally Posted by shoooo32
That's awesome! They do good work and $100/CV isn't outrageous. If you've ever tried to make an interrupted cut in hardened steel on a lathe, you know it destroys tooling!
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It's not outrageous at all! They were nice to deal with, too. Will use again.
These showed up at my door today. They are Silicon Nitride bearings for the CVs. They aren't quite as light as I'd hoped (things rarely are, it seems) but Still well under half the weight of the steel balls. Apparently they are absolutely bomb-proof. There are probably easier and cheaper ways to save a pound, but somehow I never do the easier and cheaper thing...
The Si3N4 balls:
Steel:
PS - I'll probably end up dissecting the rear wheel bearings to see if I can use these in them, too. Or seeing if there's a fully ceramic option. That would be cool... although unlikely.