How-To: Install Ball Bearing Upgrade (Wheels and Hubs)

The installation of the ball bearing upgrade was pretty straight forward....well once you figure out how to do it, that is! :)

**I'm hoping at some point I can get pictures to post with these steps. But unfortunately I didn't take any pics as I did the upgrade.

Front Wheels:

1. Use the wrench which came with the Mini-T and unscrew the wheel nut on one of the front wheels.

2. The wheel should come off and inside both sides of the wheel, you will find a little black plastic bushing.

3. Use a small screw driver and "poke" out the little bushings from the opposite side of the wheel, they should come out pretty easily.

4. Replace the 2 bushings you removed, with 2 ball bearings. You will need a way to push these in, I found that if I use the side of the wrench that came with the mini-t, it works perfectly for this.

5. Put the wheel back on, and tighten the nut. *Note don't overtighten the nut, the wheel should spin freely.

6. Perform these steps on the other front wheel.

Rear Wheels:

1. Using the wrench that came with the Mini-t, remove the wheel nut on one of the rear wheels.

2. Remove the wheel. *Note there are no bushing in the rear wheel, they are in the wheel hub.

3. In order to remove both of the bushings from the wheel hub, you will need to disconnect the rod end from the ball stud on the hub. How do you do this? Just take a small slotted screwdrive, and pry it off, it should pop off with a little force.

4. Now you can remove the drive pin from the axle and the wheel hub should now be able to flip down so you can replace the bushings with bearings. **Note the axle and dogbone will come off, don't lose them or the drive pin - or you will have to make a trip to the hobby shop!

5. Once you have replaced the bushings, you can now reverse the steps and put it all back together.

6. Perform these steps on the other rear wheel.