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Old 11-27-2013, 06:28 AM   #33
Walter White
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Originally Posted by Jake Raby View Post
But Pedro's video shows centrifugal force throwing oil AWAY from the IMSB area? Not that I agree with that, but your hypothesis states the opposite.

The M96 bearings LOVE RPM because it helps unload them, the M97 bearings hate it because the components spin too fast. M96 bearings fail on the street, M97 bearings fail on the track and seldom on the street, very seldom. Load is the evil constant.
I am not familiar with the video you mentioned, but it would be nice if the oil would sling off the chains, but stick to the bearing.
When I was experimenting with getting oil to a bearing spinning at 4 - 6K RPMs, I was getting the idea that the bearing wasn't getting any oil at all. I would drop a drop of oil into the race of the spinning bearing and it would instantly vaporize. I don't think the oil ever even got to the contact surfaces.

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