Enduro Bearings R8 MAX

Description

Full complement ball bearing from Enduro Bearings® in size R8 (12.7 x 28.575 x 7.938 mm) for the bearing support of Steering axles.

Enduro Bearings is one of the leading manufacturers of ball bearings. They produce extremely durable and excellently sealed bearings. Many leading brands in the bicycle industry rely on bearings from Enduro Bearings.

Enduro Bearings bearings are always designed with the deepest grooves possible to accommodate the largest possible balls. They feature double lip seals that run in a micro groove and form a complete labyrinth to ensure long life and excellent protection against the elements. The two super-thin sealing lips reliably keep out water and contaminants (outer sealing lip) and retain grease (inner sealing lip).

The bearings have races made from a high-carbon 52100 chrome alloy.

These are heavy-duty ball bearings in a fully spherical design (MAX), which are usually used in the highly loaded suspension rear triangles of mountain bikes. The ball cage is omitted in favour of the load capacity, which allows the bearing rings to be completely filled with 13 balls (see last image). For comparison: Ball bearings with a cage contain "only" 8 balls. This increases the load capacity by up to 40% compared to non-full ball bearings of the same size. In addition, the MAX bearings contain a 90 per cent Almagard® high-pressure grease filling and are protected against contamination by a sealing lip with stronger contact (LLU). All this leads to a drastic plus in terms of reliability and longevity!

Due to the design of the MAX bearings for highly loaded bearing positions without permanent (rotating) rotation, they are not ideally suited for use in drive wheels.

If you are unsure which bearing type is best suited to your application, please contact us via our Contact form. We are happy to help you!