Cleaning ceramic axle bearings

Jon Romenesko · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:23 am Post subject: Cleaning ceramic axle bearings

Every kart I've ever owned has had your standard steel axle bearings, however my new (used) chassis came with ceramic axle bearings. I had a decent off track excursion last time out, and it's time to clean and relube anyways. Should I be using anything specific? I figure the bearing races are probably ceramic (and porous), and might need extra care to avoid absorbing anything nasty from a solvent.

In the past, I've always used mineral spirits or a similar light solvent to clean, and then relubed with white lithium grease.
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Walt Gifford · Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 5:48 am Post subject:

Just clean and lube as normal.

Jon Romenesko · Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:13 am Post subject:

Sort of what I figured. Thanks, Walt!
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--Steve McQueen, LeMans