Originally Posted by
ceelint
Race wasn't powdercoated... and the "crack" isn't perfect straight like it looks in the picture... I know a lot of cartridge bearing races will have this but this is has caged bearings... not sure if that makes any difference
I thought it was a caged bearing race by looking at the pic. A split (or broken, in your case) crown race is okay to use an a cartridge bearing but not caged.