microBlue Front wheel bearings

Straight up Astro-turfing

A company shill

spewing non-sense

and then attacking challengers


Micro-Blue this!!!!
Now go away

If there were real gains, fleets would be flocking to their doorstep and Freightliner would be spec'ing them in all their trucks......

 

I think I already told you this: they use polishing and coating to be able to use smaller bearings and lighter oil/grease for less friction without failing during the race.

BTW, one "fuel magnet" seller here claims his product can save 15% of fuel and he also have some kind of data from some small fleet of trucks. You should try that also and tell us the results.

 

Yes because you made the comparision. So you are saying you have no experience with racing but give expert opinions like you do???? Why???

So again you did not qualify yourself as experienced with Microblue. How can you make any claims if it works or not????

A bearing is bearing. Little ones work the same way the big ones do.

 

I would greatly appreciate if you'll
Show me where I've written that I've no experience whats so ever in racing. Since you can not find it, I would recommend you read posts carefully.

Again, if you'll find where I have written that microblue does not work I would greatly appreciate it. Since you can not, read the above post.

As far as theory of the operation of the mechanism, you're correct. As far as being used for other reasons than its intended, original, use, you're wrong.
Ex: the smaller bearings, in the race Cars, are being used and replaced at the lesser intervals of time then those being used in the heavy duty industrial/transportation sector. I have no need of using the smaller bearing in the semi truck, which sometimes grosses over 80k lb and the rpm of the mechanism is lower then those on the race track. I'm not concerned about saving .25lb on the smaller bearings, which I'll replace in a week or so vs bigger bearing being Replaced at the greater interval of time.
Now, haven't said that, if you'd read the posts carefully you'll read where I have stated the possibility of .1-.2 mpg gain after installing bearings which were microblued, if you will.
However, those insignificant gains are not worth the money, which can be spend elsewhere, which can bring better things then the microblue.
To sum up, until the microblue company will provide proof, in writing, of the gains, which are greater than .4mpg , I'm, and am sure others as well, will not spend the money to have this service done. Some will and that's fine. Others, more educated, will learn on the mistakes of the first group and will make calculated decision of the worthiness/value of the product. Again, I'm not saying that it does not work, nor that it does work. I'm stating that the gains are small to non existing for the price of the service and if the gains above 0.4 mpg are guaranteed in writing then, people will buy the product, if it does
Not work then the coast of the microblue should be refunded, if the customer decides to keep the bearings then
Charge him for the price of the bearings. Or, charge significantly smaller amount to have the microblue done if such guarantee is not available. The coating works if the company backs it up by mpg
Gains which are significant. The coating does not work
If the company refuses to provided guarantee in writing of the mpg gains above 0.4mpg.

 

Little ones have less resistance. Do you really know anything about racing?

 

Recieved some new trucks yesterday and talked to the salesman about this. They will be offering their own version of this in 2013 as an option.

 

I see lots of people in here bashing on the tech, but no one has stated any real world experience. Now, I'm not a Kevin Rutherford fanboy, but I'm willing to wait and see if this actually works as reported.

Worthy of note: MicroBlue did not seek out the trucking industry as a market. Somebody somewhere started thinking about reducing friction in the bearing assemblies and this company came up in their research.

Again, I have no experience with the company or their product, but the theory is certainly sound. Any time we can reduce frictional losses we increase efficiency. Whether or not the resulting increases in fuel economy are worth the investment remains to be seen.

There is no real doubt in my mind that the MicroBlue bearings are superior to OEM bearings. The question is, is the increase in fuel economy in a heavy truck application sufficient to justify the expense?

 

That's another way of saying what I've said.

 

Yes, it is. Most definitely. Just clarifying.

 

I have a can of Mother's. I have a bag of rags. I'll just polish my own bearings.