Cheapest 850 bearings?

[Juggular 5265]

I've been looking for the cheapest price for maybe 50-70 rubber-shielded bearings.  The best price I found is $3.39 for ten.  Have you guys seen better deals out there?  I've seen other odd sized bearings for less, like $2.80 for ten.  But not for 850 bearings.  

Edit: Found some reasonable stuff.  For 3 sets of Tamiya tracks, I'd need about 100 of 850 bearings.  $27 for 100 bearings isn't too bad.  

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832642540381.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.21ef1802YDdOQD&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

 

[Alex97 598]

These cheap bearings are ok however they are filled with quite a thick oil which means  they aren't the smoothest however definitely better than a bushing. 

 

 

[CoolHands 1013]

I used this seller but it was partly convenience as had all the other common sizes too so I bought various. Do the tracks not come with brass bushings?

 

Aliexpress seller

[Norco Kid 75]

I use this guy and have been very happy with them:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrHwidc

 

[Juggular 5265]

On 4/19/2024 at 1:50 AM, Alex97 said:

 ... however they are filled with quite a thick oil ...

Fortunately, digging grease out of the bearings is my hobby.  Once I tried very expensive ones at $4 a piece.  They were packed with the stickiest grease that won't wash away.  It was nearly impossible to roll.  Prices don't determine the quality, apparently. (Unless this was designed to work underwater.)  What you see below isn't a black shield. It's hardened grease.  

 

On 4/21/2024 at 9:06 AM, Norco Kid said:

I use this guy and have been very happy with them:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrHwidc

Whoa, $11 for 50!  That's like 20% cheaper than what I ordered!  Thank you!  I should have asked sooner!  I might just order from that seller and see if it's any different from what I ordered. (I'm sure I'll use all 150 bearings... someday)

 

[Norco Kid 75]

Never hurts to have extra, 5x8 and 5x11 are always useful for Tamiya kits!

[Juggular 5265]

4 hours ago, Norco Kid said:

Never hurts to have extra, 5x8 and 5x11 are always useful for Tamiya kits!

Absolutely.  

Have you got a cheap seller for 1150 or 1040 bearings? 

The best I've got is $1.92 for ten 1150s: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806492804176.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.7a6938da0Q1T1s&mp=1&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

 

[Norco Kid 75]

I use the same store for all my bearings they have almost any size but they have multiple listings with different quantities. 50 is usually the best deal but if I just need a few I'll buy a 10 pack.

5x11 - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/752209848.html?pdp_npi=4%40dis!USD!US %2411.90!US %2411.90!!!11.90!11.90!%402103080c17137511921685183eac51!53455846983!sh!CA!135893668!&spm=a2g0o.store_pc_allItems_or_groupList.new_all_items_2007521364961.752209848

Not quite as cheap as the ones you found but I've bought many times from them so I trust that the bearings will be good quality and also I won't get scammed. 

[3speeder 55]

funny, I'm hunting for bearings for my tracks too... they take a lot!

[Juggular 5265]

So... 280 bearings arrived.  

The difference between $0.25 cent bearings and $0.27 cent bearings were that the expensive ones had nicer containers with stickers. The bearings themselves seem to be well-made and roll smoothly.   

The cheaper ones came in a tube of 80 bearings, plus 20.  I wondered why they sent it in a bulkier packaging.  The tube is 20cm long. It will fit Fifty 1150s (4mm thick) or Eighty 850s (2.5mm thick).  Using the tube allowed them to know exactly how many, without actually counting.  

Why did I order so many?  That's because I'm getting old and impatient.  

Initially, I ordered 120 bearings (plus 50 for rainy days) along with a book light.  The first package at my porch only had the book light.  But the tracking said both were delivered.  I was sure the bearings fell out of the flimsy envelope which was open on one corner.  So I asked for a refund for undelivered bearings, and ordered 100 from another vendor.  Then I discovered the 120 bearings sitting in my mailbox.  I cancelled the refund. But I couldn't cancel the last order.   So that's how I ended up with 270 (plus ten 1260s).

Last week, I jammed my finger between the breaker bar and the underside of the chassis of my 1:1 Subaru.  A chunk of skin was smashed to a pulp. It looks like a 15mm x 5mm skin was eaten by a zombie. It didn't even bleed, because the skin was there, just totally compressed.  I knew something like this could happen. So I had a pair of thick gardening gloves ready. But in my haste, I didn't wear them.  It was getting dark, and I just wanted to drain the engine oil.  I had a flashlight ready too. Again, I didn't use it.  When I took off the filter, it said, "AT Automatic Trans."  Ahhh, s!%*!!  What came out wasn't engine oil. 

I forgot that the Subaru has the drain plug in the bumper, basically. What's between the front wheels is the transmission plug.  I had to take an Uber to get some transmission fluid the next morning.  In the end, the car got a full service.  But I'm left with a wound that has been soaking in aloe gel for a week now. 

I have noticed that my 75 year old mother is becoming impatient and judgmental. She was the opposite when she was younger.  Now I rush things too.  Hurrying cost me money and skin.  I don't want to grow into a hateful old man either.  I should do yoga or meditation or something.  At least, I have enough excuses to buy RC cars for a decade or more.  100 would go into the tracks. The Lunchbox needs one 850 bearing?  I should tell my wife that another 3 sets of tracks are much cheaper than 170 Lunchboxes...