Bearing mixes?

[Sam514]

can you mix different types of bearings??like for ex:abec 3 and abec 5's......and if not can you mix two different companys abec 5s together thnx.

[chaindog]

you can
but why would you
unless you had a bunch of missmached bearings lying around

[Sam514]

i have 8 abec 5 bearings and 16 abec3 bearings.......

[ShaggyIan4]

each skateboard only needs 8 bearings man. so your 16 would be 2 skateboards worth, so you just got three sets. no need to mix.

[crawdad62]

Are you talking about actual ball bearings? You mean mixing different grades within a single ring?

If so that a good question but I'd say if you have a bunch of single bearings around it ain't going to hurt.

[RustyBurrito55]

I do that all the time in my boards. Especially if I rust some bearings out of a set. At one time come of my bearings had crowns from different bearings and whatnot.

[DD]

i know this is an old thread but i just wanted to say :you can only be as fast as your slowest bearing, so mix wisely

[CrisVA]

i know this is an old thread but i just wanted to say :you can only be as fast as your slowest bearing, so mix wisely

And if you mix biltins and red together, they will fight to the death until there is only one company per wheel.

True story.