Bearing Cleaning double Check

**Pickles232** · 07-21-2009 02:32 PM

I have a set of Bones Super Reds, i recently rode them in the rain and decided to clean them, I've heard stuff like Acetone and Kerosene work well to clean them but i didn't have those, but i heard gasoline works just as well and that was something i had. I'll list the steps i went through to clean my bearings and please let me know if i made any mistakes.

1 Remove rubber seals
2 Place bearings in container and soak them in gasoline Let them soak for 15 minutes
3 Then remove bearings from Container and place in separate container that holds 93% Isopophyl Alcohol.
4 Remove form alcohol and leave out to dry( I used a blow drier just to be safe)
(at this point the bearings spun perfectly fine and smooth but after the next step they barely spun)
5 Add bones speed cream( i added around 3 to 4 drops)

After that i placed them back into the wheels and spun them they spun fine is this normal? I hear that you have to wait for the bearing to move the cream around the whole bearing to get the Full effect is this true? As I said before please let me know if i did anything wrong during the cleaning process.
THanks

**Blix** · 07-21-2009 02:37 PM

Sounds perfectly normal to me, they always spins faster dry. Two drops of speed cream is enough.

**PhilFTW** · 07-21-2009 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Pickles232

I have a set of Bones Super Reds, i recently rode them in the rain and decided to clean them, I've heard stuff like Acetone and Kerosene work well to clean them but i didn't have those, but i heard gasoline works just as well and that was something i had. I'll list the steps i went through to clean my bearings and please let me know if i made any mistakes.

1 Remove rubber seals
2 Place bearings in container and soak them in gasoline Let them soak for 15 minutes
3 Then remove bearings from Container and place in separate container that holds 93% Isopophyl Alcohol.
4 Remove form alcohol and leave out to dry( I used a blow drier just to be safe)
(at this point the bearings spun perfectly fine and smooth but after the next step they barely spun)
5 Add bones speed cream( i added around 3 to 4 drops)

After that i placed them back into the wheels and spun them they spun fine is this normal? I hear that you have to wait for the bearing to move the cream around the whole bearing to get the Full effect is this true? As I said before please let me know if i did anything wrong during the cleaning process.
THanks

The speed cream is expensive. Do what blix said, 2 drops. Even 1 will work fine.