Something I found out recently that was super easy. A nickel is almost the exact same size as a bearing, so if you put one over the bearing in the wheel, you can push it down w/o putting stress on the inner race, only the outer one.
ok here's the easiest way to do it.
make sure ur truck has nothing on it place the bearing on the truck. then put ur wheel in and push down to the bearing is in. then do it the other way and u r done. very simple
How can you tell if you've damaged your bearings while installing them, like by stressing the inner presses too much or by pressing unevenly when pressing down with your thumbs ((pressure not evenly spread throughout bearing such that your nails seem to dig into the middle - not sure if I explained that well)?
Is there any way to tell? I'm just scared that I may have damaged my bearings trying out the different ways of installing them.
I'm using Bones Reds by the way, so is there any way to tell, maybe by how they sound when I spin the wheels?
If how they sound has changed significantly, that would be a sign.
the classic damage that bearings get is dented shields though.
Hey SteveC...hehe I wouldn't know if the sounds changed, first time ill be using em! But I did notice that when I spin one of the wheels, it makes a deeper whirring sound than the rest, if that makes any sense.
Anything I should watch out for, like a rattle or something? How can I check if I dented my shields, and would dented shields affect performance?
Well if the dent is deep enough it will actually hit either the balls or the cage on the inside.
Not good. Though is doesn't sound like that's what's happening.
You can pull one shield off a bearing quite safely, I often do it just to make cleaning easier.
The side with the shield still just needs to be run on the outside of the wheel and it's fine -
some bearings ship with only one shield to start with.
I wouldn't worry, you'll know pretty quickly if you've cracked a cage, it'll make a racket.
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Well if the dent is deep enough it will actually hit either the balls or the cage on the inside.
Not good. Though is doesn't sound like that's what's happening.
You can pull one shield off a bearing quite safely, I often do it just to make cleaning easier.
The side with the shield still just needs to be run on the outside of the wheel and it's fine -
some bearings ship with only one shield to start with.
I wouldn't worry, you'll know pretty quickly if you've cracked a cage, it'll make a racket.
Aryt cool, well its not making a racket yet so I guess I'm good
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WHEN Installing bearings in HArd THanes 97A and up forget the temptation to force your bearings into these tightspots grab some lube oil the inside of the wheel and SLIDE IT IN so to speak
I used to fight with wheels until a CrazySumbytch showed me this technic I hope it saves a set of good bearings from early death
i tried using this guide to install bearing spacers, but for some reason with the spacers i couldnt get the bearings flush with the wheel... what i mean is if i pushed on the wheel the outside bearing would pop through, and if i pulled on it the outside bearing would pop in but the inner bearing would pop out a little. are my spacers too long? im using 72mm 78a never summer wheels
Re: Installing bearings w/o tools
