anti sieze

[john swenson]

we often hear of bearings getting stuck to the axle and can't get them off. can you use a little anti sieze at that point on the axle ? the cam lock collar still holds the bearing race tight to the axle so there should be no problem with the axle spinning in the bearing . thanks , johnboy va.

[racerone3]

I use have used anti sieze, or red grease with equal results. both tend to wash out a bit, but starting out with something there can't hurt. I lean toward grease just because it seems less messy to me

[tbone9]

I use anti seize and also switched over to the two set screw type bearings, and got rid of the problematic lock collars. Lock collars are for one direction light duty applications. I’ve had them crack or come loose and wreck an axle. The only place I’ve seen them in industry is on light duty small non reversing fans. A major Max design flaw if you ask me.

[john swenson]

thanks for the replys. i never knew that about the locking collar type bearings . i know they can be hard to '' unlock '' sometimes . that's one reason i'm going to enjoy the new design on my max 2 subframe where i can drop the whole axle out.. bearings , axle , sprocket and hub in one piece. will be easy to work on on the bench. ( i'm taking videos of the build, hope it turns out ) . j.b.