bearing spacers wrong width?

[Anonymous]

javascript:emoticon('')Okay, so I'm setting up my purchases from ebay, the first new equipment I've had since 1988.

As a package I purchased Randals/Krypto Classic K 70mm's/Black Panther bearings, which are packaged with washers and spacers. The problem is, the width of the bearing spacers is more than the space between the bearing seats in the wheels. I insert one bearing, insert the other with spacer between, and the first one comes unseated. The wheels have a hard plastic core, as most do these days, but running without the spacers would get sloppy, no?

I thought spacers would be a standard-width no-brainer... will I be able to find the correct width spacers at a skate shop?javascript:emoticon('')

[Anonymous]

some kryptos require an 8mm spacer, while the standard is 10mm. Mile High carries the 8mm spacers as well as the standard size

[RustyBurrito55]

Running without spacers isnt a terrible terrible thing if it's temporary. A lot of people don't even run spacers and are perfectly fine.

[carveasy]

what are the pros and cons(if any) of using spacers?

[EBasil]

Perform a search in this forum for the term Bearing Spacers, and ye shall find out all you need to know about bearing life and alignment. :P