You're spot on about the tightness of the hub. Galling wasn't a problem on removal. The pliers put an even pull on opposite sides of the bearing race, and there was a film of grease on the hub walls.

Tapping in new races scored the hub a bit, even after putting them in the freezer for an hour prior to setting them. I probably should have used some anti-seize but I was worried about the race turning in the hub. I shouldn't have worried about that, as tight as they fit.

 

watch this last night and i don't thing it's going to play out for me this way. i need pull the crap bearing out of my new wheel and install timkin non-abs. not really sure what to use.

 

I'm surprised with all the work he does, Delboy doesn't have good bearing tools.

The last new wheel I bought had the bearings installed, and, as I always, every time, pop a seal off to check inside, I found very little grease and PLASTIC bearing cages. They never even got on the bike, pulled them out and put real bearings in, with metal ball cages. I don't want to think about going over 70mph with the ***** spaced out with flimsy plastic. Obviously some folks are riding on these, but I won't. I think you're doing the right thing replacing them if you don't think they're good quality. Just be sure that however you install the new bearings, you don't put any pressure against the inner races, outer races only. That's one of the reasons I like the Pit Posse style puller set, squeezes them in evenly, too.

 

I bought the bearing puller from Hartland Tool. A little more than some, but worth it. I had a collet slip out and round off the edge. Heartland replaced it free, FedEx'ing me a new one.

I highly recommend the Heartland tool.

 

As cooling the bearing helps to slide it in warming up the hub helps to get the bearing out. I do not mean excessive heat, stay sane. The material hub is made of expands more in heat than steel bearing and loosens the fit.

 

Bearings in the freezer, wheel in the oven, 10 minutes at 200, bearing drops in like a penny in a slot machine!

 

when I do them, I run a bead weld all the way around the outer race, then it falls right out. The weld shrinks the metal enough to make the outer race removal easy. Hit the hub with a little heat while the new outer race sits in the freezer and it should push right in.

 

I think that's the key to his success, he deals with things in the way most of us have to. I reckon if he starts bringing in more specialist tools he'll lose a lot of his audience.

 

Excellent use of an appliance!

 

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