how do you replace and clean bearings?

[tedruxpin]

yeah wd40 has some scary fumes...makes everyone in my apartment a little loopy when i do use it.

a good page for cleaning bearings how to...also with a good pretty cheap cleaning kit for sale. and of course pleasure tools too

http://www.edswheels.com/faqbearings.html

[dach]

Also, you can just catch the inner race (ring) of the bearing with the axle and push it out. you pull the axle nut off and then take the wheel off until the axle is inside the wheel and then tilt the wheel so that the axle catches the bearing and push. Also, if you grease the outer race of the bearing, they will come out a lot easier.

I dont recommend using the axle to apply pressure, you can slip and damage the threads on it. Screwdriver seems to work good for me...

[Becker-Brown]

After removing the shields I like to put the bearings on a toothpick between two cocktail onions. I then drop the toothpick in a big martini glass which I fill with ice cold gin. I swirl the toothpick around in the glass a few times and then drink the gin. Sometimes I need to refill the glass a few times to get the bearings fully clean. When I'm convinced that they're clean I eat one of the onions, drop the bearings onto a clean/dry bath towel, eat the other onion, and then ...
I find the higher proof/better/dry gins work best for this process, and I don't use vermouth.

[Momona Boe]

He's right!!

Vermouth is for pansies!

[ol'dude]

Yeah, and it gums up the retainers. Straight T10 for me.
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