It takes weeks for a kogel ball to sit in a tumbler and be.
Ceramic bearings vs steel motorcycle.
Most sealed ceramic bearings are actually hybrid ceramic bearings which combine a steel race with ceramic ball bearings.
Cost of purchase for ceramic and steel bearings.
Remember the drill alone without spinning the tire took 1 38 amps.
A ceramic bearing is also harder than steel bearings up to 30 which improves durability and they also don t rust so less maintenance should be required.
Initially the enduro bearing has lower friction at around 600km of use the ceramic bearing has worn a track into the comparatively soft steel races and the bearing friction starts to increase dramatically.
A top class set of steel bearings as compared to a much promoted ceramic bearing is just as high performing.
Ceramic bearings in my opinion are just not worth it.
The hybrid ceramic bearings had a long free spin time.
This is mostly due to the additional time spent to perfect a quality ceramic ball.
Next was the amperage that the drill needed to spin the wheel.
This discourse holds true not only for the bearings of skateboards and longboards but also for motorcycle and bicycle bearings.
Ceramic bearings vs steel bearings ceramic materials offer superior corrosion and heat resistance higher dimensional stability and lower density which facilitates high speed.
The graph below shows a comparison between two steel bearings skf and ntn and a ceramic bearing enduro.
The drill only needed 1 42 amps to spin the hybrid ceramic bearing wheel.
Sorry for strangling the hype.