All my OEM bearings are shot and they are massively expensive to replace. The machine only has 3000 kms (1800 miles) on it which doesn't seem like a lot for the almost $1000 in bearings honda wants for replacements. I had a yamaha rhino previously and I got almost 10000Km on the OE bearings with that machine on the same terrain (but it was a significantly lighter machine). I ride mostly in mountainous rocky terrain so lots of climbing, side hilling and driving over large rocks and very rough terrain in turn it creates a lot of lateral forces on the bearings. Ball bearings by design work very well with vertical loads but not extremely well with lateral forces, a roller bearing and cup take lateral forces much better providing they are torqued properly. I used the all balls ball bearings in my yamaha and they had to be replaced regularly as a tapered roller bearing option was not available so I'm by no means an All Balls fan boy but I am looking to reduce the amount of service I have to do to the machine as it stays at my campsite all year and is a pain to trailer home and trailer back for service at my shop at home. My question was if anyone has ran them and had any feedback they advertise 95% better static and 86% better dynamic load capacity compared to standard DAC bearing but we all know companies claims and real world rarely line up. Not looking to "waste money because it says performance on the box" which is why I'm asking if anyone has ran them in the real world.
