Double Aluminum Rollers 15398: What 13–12 mm Means
Understand the stepped 13 and 12 mm roller contact, included bearings and mounting checks for Tamiya item 15398. Use the item-specific checklist.
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Browse available alternativesA 19mm aluminum ball-race guide roller from Tamiya's High Grade (HG) roller line, built in the "ringless" style — the aluminum roller body itself forms the running surface, without the separate plastic sleeve or ring used on some ball-race rollers. This particular release is a limited version tied to Tamiya's Asia Challenge Mini 4WD tournament series, distinguished from the standard retail roller by its green-printed Tamiya logo.
At 19mm, this sits among the larger-diameter rollers in Tamiya's HG range — bigger than the widely used 13mm and 17mm sizes — which racers favour on faster courses because a larger roller contacts a course fence over a gentler curve and holds a steadier line than a small-diameter roller bouncing along the same fence. Being a ball-race design rather than a plain bushing, it rolls with noticeably less drag than the plastic rollers in most Tamiya kits, which is why aluminum ball-race rollers are among the most common first upgrades a racer makes. The green logo print is purely cosmetic and doesn't change the roller's dimensions or bearing spec versus the standard-graphics version.
Understand the stepped 13 and 12 mm roller contact, included bearings and mounting checks for Tamiya item 15398. Use the item-specific checklist.
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