Today I was talking to my friend about how to clean bearings and he was saying that taking them out of the wheel and taking the shields of can damage them and ruin them in the end and he cleans his bearings by taking them off the board and spraying WD-40 onto the bearing without even taking them out then spinning them "so the dirt comes out". Of course I said he was wrong abut he wouldent listen. He also seems to think that a higher ABEC bearing will spin faster but are much easier to break?
So, we made a bet that whoevers bearings break first from riding has to buy the other a set of bones ceramics... do you think I have the best chance of winning? I'm tempted to buy a new set of my bearings to I could replace any that broke just incase.
wd-40 is good for cleaning grease out, but you need to get some bearing lube in there afterwards. without any lube in there the wd-40 will seize your bearings.
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wd-40 is good for cleaning grease out, but you need to get some bearing lube in there afterwards. without any lube in there the wd-40 will seize your bearings.
seems like I have a pretty good chance of winning then. I dont want to have to shell out £100.he thinks that WD-40 is good for lubing everything on his board which sort of makes me want something bad to happen to it. also is it true that WD-40 can degrade plastic? because he uses it on his originals and the springs and wave cam are plastic
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seems like I have a pretty good chance of winning then. I dont want to have to shell out £100.he thinks that WD-40 is good for lubing everything on his board which sort of makes me want something bad to happen to it. also is it true that WD-40 can degrade plastic? because he uses it on his originals and the springs and wave cam are plastic
Any petroleum-based lubricant, fuel, or solvent will degrade plastic. I don't know why he would even lube anything but his bearings, but you'll be lucky if he even makes it to the point of bearing failure before something else puts and end to his skating career.
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I don't know why he would even lube anything but his bearings
I use lithium grease on the pivot cup insides. It makes my trucks nice and quiet. I've also put some on my bushing before, just to stop squeaking.
No more squeaks, and no detrimental effect
But, mama says "WD-40 is the devil."
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Depends on your weight and how you two ride, and the speed of the hills. Just be careful when putting your bearings back in. If you do it wrong you can dent the shield, which may or may not break them, resulting in you possibly losing. I have never heard of a bearing breaking besides seizing up from no lube, or being banged into a wheel incorrectly which caused the shield to be damaged. WD-40 alone does not clean your bearings. If you want to win, ride in the rain with him as much as you can, and clean your bearings properly after each rain session. Hopefully his will end up seizing first, not from rust, but from all the sand from the rain. Could be months down the road
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Depends on your weight and how you two ride, and the speed of the hills. Just be careful when putting your bearings back in. If you do it wrong you can dent the shield, which may or may not break them, resulting in you possibly losing. I have never heard of a bearing breaking besides seizing up from no lube, or being banged into a wheel incorrectly which caused the shield to be damaged. WD-40 alone does not clean your bearings. If you want to win, ride in the rain with him as much as you can, and clean your bearings properly after each rain session. Hopefully his will end up seizing first, not from rust, but from all the sand from the rain. Could be months down the road
fantastic plan, rain will rust them quick too and if he doesnt take his shields off that rust will stay in there and kill his races.
Basically you won.
btw if you ride in the rain put some thick grease in there, lithium grease works nice and doesnt slow you down at all in my experience
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fantastic plan, rain will rust them quick too and if he doesnt take his shields off that rust will stay in there and kill his races.
Basically you won.
btw if you ride in the rain put some thick grease in there, lithium grease works nice and doesnt slow you down at all in my experience
this is what I was thinking. I dont use the shields on the inside of my bearings so I dont think that I need to worry about them denting. I went skating on very wet ground today in very wet conditions since my sliding gloves arrived on wed and iot has been raining basicaly the whole time ant it s supposed to continue till next wed and I have been waiting to use my new slide gloves for 3 days. no succes with my colemans yet cant get my wheels to break free (using O'tangs in heats, orange if you have any hints, going to borrow some of my friends krypto's). anyways I checked and no water even touched the bearings.
I'm thinkin bout geting some o'that grease bu not sure where I can get it and I need some more acetone b4 I can clean my bearings anyways
this is what I was thinking. I dont use the shields on the inside of my bearings so I dont think that I need to worry about them denting. I went skating on very wet ground today in very wet conditions since my sliding gloves arrived on wed and iot has been raining basicaly the whole time ant it s supposed to continue till next wed and I have been waiting to use my new slide gloves for 3 days. no succes with my colemans yet cant get my wheels to break free (using O'tangs in heats, orange if you have any hints, going to borrow some of my friends krypto's). anyways I checked and no water even touched the bearings.
I'm thinkin bout geting some o'that grease bu not sure where I can get it and I need some more acetone b4 I can clean my bearings anyways
you can just use alcohol to clean the bearings some 94% or even 70%. and the grease you can just buy at like an Autozone or some autoparts store. even try walmart they carry everything these days.
Id suggest keeping both shields cuz it will keep the grease in the bearings, and riding in the rain gets water everywhere!
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I live in the UK so I dont have most of these shops but I might have a look in halfords (:
also the main reason i dont put both shields in is because 2 of the shields were bent when my board arrived and some of the c-rings flew away when I was removing them. I still have about 5-6 spare rings and at least 4 spare shields.
WD stands for "water displacement" It is not a lubricant!!! Water is slippery for a time, but isn't a "lubricant" and WD 40 will eat away at oil based materials
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I live in the UK so I dont have most of these shops but I might have a look in halfords (:
also the main reason i dont put both shields in is because 2 of the shields were bent when my board arrived and some of the c-rings flew away when I was removing them. I still have about 5-6 spare rings and at least 4 spare shields.
oh haha i see, yea any auto parts store will have it or just search like amazon.com for lithium grease.
having shields off on one side much of a problem just helps so you should be fine
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