Pancake Bearing?

[007blaster]

I have been doing some searching with no results. Is there no need for a pancake bearing with a Blaster? I installed one in my banshee for the added security that the ball wont weld to the rod, and I make sure I don't coast with the clutch pulled in unless I have to.

 

[sicivicdude]

Only the most strenuous of situations would require a pancake bearing (including those on a banshee, most do it for "added protection" and not because their specific application needs one)

The only people I can think of who might have the clutch load and coast enough to need one would be drag racers (shutdown area) or hill shooters (coming back down the hill). For everyone else, the ball bearing works well.

 

[Paulie B]

You can do it if you have the time. I am about to do it to a Blaster motor myself.
Here's a thread where I worked a Banshee pancake bearing on my 33 year old motor I have in a blaster.

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